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US Southwest’s Drought Worst In 12 Centuries
February 15th, 2022
Courtesy of The New York Times, a report on the megadrought affecting the US southwest: The megadrought in the American Southwest has become so severe that it’s now the driest two decades in the region in at least 1,200 years, scientists said Monday, and climate change is largely responsible. The drought, which began in 2000 […]
Read more »Nevada, Utah Set To Battle Over The West’s most Precious Resource
February 7th, 2022
Via the Las Vegas Review Journal, an article on a battle over water between Utah and Nevada that is threatening to boil over: A battle is brewing on the border of the nation’s two driest states over the West’s most precious resource. Utah water officials have long eyed pumping groundwater into the burgeoning community of […]
Read more »Wells Run Dry For Thousands of Arizona Families
February 6th, 2022
Via Modeshift, an article on Arizona’s freshwater crisis: Three weeks into a trip to Arizona to report on the state’s magnifying water-scarce condition I’m becoming more expert in a contemporary American story that pits a state’s unyielding capitalist model of growth against Mother Earth’s power to change the rules of the game. In its basic […]
Read more »US Facing Dire Water Scarcity On Biggest Freshwater Reserves, Says New Study
February 2nd, 2022
Via Nature World News, an article on a new study examining US water scarcity: Water scarcity is occurring in some of the US’ biggest freshwater reserves, as per a new study. Not only the crisis is evident in the US but also to other parts of the world. Amid a growing human population, US and […]
Read more »First Nations Want A Say In How Dwindling Colorado River Is Used
January 25th, 2022
Via Circle of Blue, a look at the role the First Nations are seeking in discussions related to the Colorado River: Lorenzo Pena pulls off the highway and into a drive-through water distribution center on the Southern Ute Indian Tribe reservation in southwest Colorado. He parks his truck and connects the empty tank it’s hauling […]
Read more »Utah’s ‘Water OPEC’: Why The 2nd Driest State Rejects Conservation
December 28th, 2021
Via ProPublica, a report on why a powerful group that steers Utah’s water policy keeps pushing for costly infrastructure over meaningful conservation efforts: With rising temperatures and two decades of drought depleting the Colorado River, some Southwestern states are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to pay homeowners to tear out their lawns and farmers […]
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