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‘The crisis has arrived’: An elder statesman unpacks the battle over the West's water
2023-12-18 (or before) in PoliticoFormer Interior Secretary Babbitt talks about the big meeting in Las Vegas this week and the kind of concessions needed to save the crucial waterway.
Tagged under: Rivers | Colorado River | Colorado State
20 Calif. farm families use more Colorado River water than some states
2023-11-10 (or before) in Desert SunTens of millions of people rely on Colorado River water. But as its supply shrinks, these farmers get more water from the river than entire states.
Tagged under: Farming | Colorado River | California | Rivers | Colorado State
As Colorado River shrinks, California farmers urge 'one-dam solution'
2023-09-05 in Los Angeles TimesSome California farmers are urging the federal government to consider draining Lake Powell, supporting environmentalists’ push for a ‘one-dam solution.’
Tagged under: Rivers | Drought | Colorado River | California
The Climate Crisis Could Mean the Twilight of the American West
2023-09-03 by in Rolling Stone - Music, Film, TV and Political News CoverageIn an excerpt from his book River Notes, leading anthropologist Wade Davis recalls how the taming of the Colorado River in the 1960s — ‘nature serves man’ went the thinking — helped sha…
Tagged under: Rivers | Colorado River | California
Colorado River has lost 10tn gallons of water since 2000 due to climate crisis
2023-07-27 in The GuardianVolume of water lost equal to Lake Mead, US’s largest reservoir, or enough water to fill around 15bn Olympic-sized pools, study finds
Tagged under: Rivers | Colorado River
Tribes seek greater involvement in talks on Colorado River water crisis
2023-06-16 in Los Angeles TimesThe federal government is opening negotiations on long-term plans for the Colorado River. Leaders of tribes say they don't want to be left out of key talks.
Tagged under: Drought | Rivers | Colorado River
Colorado River Is on Life Support, and 40 Million People Depend on It for Water
2023-05-31 by in Truthout - Fearless Independent JournalismVulnerable communities may be at risk of reduced water supply under a new Colorado River agreement.
Tagged under: Rivers | Colorado River
Colorado River snaking through Grand Canyon most endangered US waterway – report
2023-04-18 in The GuardianUnique ecosystem on the brink of collapse due to climate crisis and mismanagement, says conservation group American Rivers
Tagged under: Rivers | Colorado River | California | Collapse
US considers imposing Colorado River water cuts to western states
2023-04-11 in The GuardianDepending on the plan, either California would be the most affected, or Arizona and Nevada would be parched
Tagged under: Rivers | Colorado River | California | Colorado State
Musk company wants to dump millions of gallons of treated wastewater in Texas
2023-03-15 (or before) by in Chron: Houston News, Sports, Entertainment, Food and Drink - ChronA Musk-affiliated LLC has filed a request to dump 142,500 gallons per day near Bastrop.
Tagged under: Colorado River | Rivers | Cars | Texas | Tesla
Exporting the Colorado River to Asia, Through Hay
2023-02-06 (or before) in National GeographicAs the West suffers long-term drought, experts look for ways to save water while still supporting local farmers.
Tagged under: Farming | Colorado River | Drought | Rivers
Colorado River: US states fail to reach deal on cutting water use - BBC News
2023-02-01 (or before) in The BBCMore than 40 million people in seven Western states rely on the drought-stricken Colorado River.
Tagged under: Colorado River | Drought | Rivers | Colorado State
Crisis on the Colorado
2023-01-28 (or before) in Yale E360Tagged under: Colorado River
Opinion | Arizona Is in a Race to the Bottom of Its Water Wells, With Saudi Arabia’s Help
2022-12-26 in The New York TimesTagged under: Farming | Colorado River | Rivers | Saudi Arabia | Water Resources
In Arizona, Colorado River crisis stokes worry over growth and groundwater depletion
2022-12-26 in Los Angeles TimesEven as Arizona grapples with cuts in Colorado River water, Phoenix’s suburbs are expanding. Experts warn that desert growth based on groundwater poses risks.
Tagged under: Colorado River | Drought | Rivers | California
A Water War Is Brewing Over the Dwindling Colorado River
2022-12-23 (or before) by in Pro PublicaDiminished by climate change and overuse, the river can no longer provide the water states try to take from it.
Tagged under: Colorado River | Climate Change | Rivers | California | Colorado State
What will it take to stabilize the Colorado River?
2022-12-23 (or before) in Science | AAASA continuation of the current 23-year-long drought will require difficult decisions to prevent further decline
Tagged under: Colorado River | Drought | Rivers
Colorado River conditions are worsening quicker than expected. Feds prepare to step in.
2022-11-02 in The Denver Post - Colorado breaking news, sports, business, weather, entertainment.Running out of time and options to save water along the drying Colorado River, federal officials said they’re considering whether to release less water from the country’s two largest re…
Tagged under: Colorado River | Drought | Rivers | California
It’s the thirstiest crop in the US south-west. Will the drought put alfalfa farmers out of business?
2022-09-12 in The GuardianAgriculture – mainly alfalfa – consumes 80% of the Colorado River’s dwindling water supply, prompting calls for conservation efforts. Read the other stories in our megadrought series
Tagged under: Farming | Colorado River | Drought | Rivers | California
The Colorado River drought is the first climate disaster the U.S. legally has to deal with
2022-08-28 (or before) in grid.newsThe Colorado River is dying and is one of the rare climate disasters that government officials will be legally required to address if current trends continue.
Tagged under: Colorado River | Drought | Rivers | Electricity Grid
Major water cutbacks loom as shrinking Colorado River nears 'moment of reckoning'
2022-06-19 (or before) in Phys.org - News and Articles on Science and TechnologyAs the West endures another year of unrelenting drought worsened by climate change, the Colorado River's reservoirs have declined so low that major water cuts will be necessary next year to reduce risks of supplies reaching perilously low levels, a top federal water official said Tuesday.
Tagged under: Colorado River | Drought | Climate Change | Rivers
Colorado River Reservoirs Are So Low, Government Will Delay Releases
2022-05-03 in The New York TimesTagged under: Colorado River | Drought | Greenhouse Gases | Rivers
‘Climate change is fundamentally altering the Colorado River,' congressional panel hears - Colorado Newsline
2021-10-17 in Colorado NewslineStates in the Colorado River Basin are adjusting to the reality that their rights outstrip the available water by nearly one-third.
Tagged under: Colorado River | US Politics | Climate Change | Rivers | Colorado State
A Crisis Of Water And Power On The Colorado River - Inside Climate News
2021-08-08 in Inside Climate NewsTwo decades of the West’s warming and drying climate came into sharp focus last month, when federal officials ordered water to be released above the nation’s second-largest reservoir to ensure that the Glen Canyon Dam can continue generating hydropower. The decision is the culmination of factors both in and out of human control. The Colorado […]
Tagged under: Colorado River | Rivers
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