by Patrick Ruckert www.californiadroughtupdate.org/20220721-California-Water-and-Infrastructure-Report.pdf A Note to Readers The map above is the best illustration of the long-term project to create a North American water management system. The North American Water and Power Alliance put forth in the early 1960s by the Parsons Engineering company of Pasadena, CA, and adopted…
by Patrick Ruckert www.californiadroughtupdate.org/20220714-California-Water-and-Infrastructure-Report.pdf A Note to Readers We begin with the U.S. Drought Monitor. For the West generally, we see a continuation of the drought becoming more intense. With states in the Mid-west reporting poor crops and other consequences. Ranchers in the top cattle state of Texas can’t sell…
A Special Report on the Colorado River Crisis July 7, 2022 by Patrick Ruckert www.californiadroughtupdate.org/20220705-California-Water-and-Infrastructure-Report.pdf A Note to Readers This week’s report is entirely dedicated to the crisis on the Colorado River. The Colorado River, which provides water to 40 million people in the Southwest and electricity for millions, is…
by Patrick Ruckert www.californiadroughtupdate.org/20220630-California-Water-and-Infrastructure-Report.pdf A Note to Readers The report this week covers familiar ground, and the articles included reflect that with some new developments included. The US Drought Monitor for the past week show little change, though the Northwest and even Montana did get some precipitation. I include links…
by Patrick Ruckert www.californiadroughtupdate.org/20220623-California-Water-and-Infrastructure-Report.pdf A Note to Readers Following the U.S. Drought Monitor, this week’s report begins with my new article published on the LaRouche PAC website, “The Western States Megadrought is About to Blow Up the Nation’s Food Supply .” That is followed by a more comprehensive report on…
by Patrick Ruckert www.californiadroughtupdate.org/20220616-California-Water-and-Infrastructure-Report.pdf A Note to Readers If panic and hysteria have not yet been expressed by political leaders and water managers in California and along the Colorado River as yet, it is not so much their calmness under pressure, but their determination to maintain the policy of crisis…
A Special Report from the California Water and Infrastructure Report: REPORT—For a U.S. Economic Recovery: A Third National Bank Now Indispensable www.californiadroughtupdate.org/20220613-California-Water-and-Infrastructure-Report.pdf The argument of this Report and Workbook, conclusively established by the data presented below, is that the abolition of our current Federal Reserve System and the establishment of…
by Patrick Ruckert www.californiadroughtupdate.org/20220609-California-Water-and-Infrastructure-Report.pdf A Note to Readers As the drought intensifies, the forecast is more of the same. The snowpack for most of the west is gone and the reservoirs are at record low levels for this date of the year. So we were greeted this week by the…
by Patrick Ruckert A Note to Readers Beginning on page 9, is our Feature this week: “Amber Waves of Grain — To Feed the Nation; You Need a Third National Bank.” This lengthy article is from my colleague Brian Lantz and addresses not only the immediate food, water and energy…
by Patrick Ruckert www.californiadroughtupdate.org/20220526-California-Water-and-Infrastructure-Report.pdf A Note to Readers The U.S. Drought Monitor for California this week shows a somewhat dramatic shift toward a more intense drought. From almost zero percent being in the “Exceptional Drought” category last week, this week that number is more than 11 percent this week. This…
