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Water: The Staff of Life in New Mexico

by Eric Jantz, Staff Attorney

“Clean water is scarcer than ever before. Economic and settlement policies over the last century have encouraged water consumption as if it were an infinite resource. It’s not. Global climate change is causing water resources to diminish. Contamination threats from mining, oil and gas development, and other industrial projects loom large. Although as a society we’ve gained an enormous amount of information suggesting that our policies of the past are jeopardizing future generations’ clean water supplies, we haven’t gained the wisdom to act accordingly.“ New Mexico Wilderness Alliance

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