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As Colorado River Shrinks, States Continue To Argue Over Cuts
March 9th, 2024
Via The Land Desk, a look at how states continue to tussle over a shrinking Colorado River: The two groups of Colorado River watershed states — the Upper Basin and the Lower Basin — have each come up with a respective preliminary plan for how to deal with a shrinking supply of water in the […]
Read more »AI Is Taking Water From The Desert
March 8th, 2024
Courtesy of The Atlantic, commentary on the environmental impact of new data centers and whether the Earth can sustain them? One scorching day this past September, I made the dangerous decision to try to circumnavigate some data centers. The ones I chose sit between a regional airport and some farm fields in Goodyear, Arizona, half an […]
Read more »Record Drought Imperils Food, Copper Output in Southern Africa
March 8th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, a report on Zambia’s declaration of the current protracted dry spell as a national disaster: A swathe of southern Africa about the size of France suffered the driest February in decades, killing crops and precipitating a power shortage that threatens to hit copper mines in a key producing region. Last month, large parts […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India’s Silicon Valley Suffers As Water Grows Scarce and Prices Spike
March 8th, 2024
Via The Cool Down, a report on Bengaluru’s water crisis: India’s Silicon Valley is suffering from a water shortage, forcing thousands of residents to go without necessities. What’s happening? Residents of the city of Bengaluru are facing an unprecedented water shortage months before the typical onset of peak summer issues. Weak southwest monsoon rains have […]
Read more »Can the Ocean Save the Colorado River? San Diego Thinks So.
March 7th, 2024
Via Voice of San Diego, an article on how the San Diego Water Authority is both selling off its expensive desal water and trying to make more of it: Facing rising costs and rates, the leaders of San Diego’s water lifelines are looking to sell some of its most expensive supply: de-salted ocean water from […]
Read more »Talks To Save The Colorado River Just Hit A Logjam
March 6th, 2024
Courtesy of The Washington Post, a report on how talks to save the Colorado River just hit a logjam: There has been a breakdown on the way toward a long-term plan to save the shrinking Colorado River. Negotiations over plans to conserve its waters starting in 2027 have bifurcated: Arizona and California, two of the biggest […]
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