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Where The River Runs Dry: Southwestern America’s Water Crisis
May 29th, 2015
Courtesy of The New Yorker, a detailed look at the US southwest’s water crisis: Our pilot, David Kunkel, asked me to retrieve his oxygen bottle from under my seat, and when I handed it to him he gripped the plastic breathing tube with his teeth and opened the valve. We had taken off from Boulder […]
Read more »Federal Dollars Financing The Water Crisis In The American West
May 28th, 2015
Via Pro Public, an interesting detailed look at how federal dollars are financing the water crisis in the West: STATE ROUTE 87, the thin band of pavement that approaches the mostly shuttered town of Coolidge, Ariz., cuts through some of the least hospitable land in the country. The valley of red and brown sand is interrupted […]
Read more »During California’s Drought, It Is Time To Move Beyond Agriculture Versus Cities
May 18th, 2015
Via the Los Angeles Times, an interesting OpEd piece on the California water crisis and the need – during such a challenging time – to look for collective solutions versus divisive politics: At this point, just about every Californian with a pulse knows that agriculture uses 80% of the state’s water, and cities 20%. This […]
Read more »The End Of California?
May 3rd, 2015
Courtesy of the New York Times, commentary on California’s drought: A buoy stuck on the bottom of a bone-dry Lake McSwain. IN a normal year, no one in California looks twice at a neighbor’s lawn, that mane of bluegrass thriving in a sun-blasted desert. Or casts a scornful gaze at a fresh-planted almond grove, saplings […]
Read more »California Drought Creates Water Wars Between Farmers, Developers, Residents
May 1st, 2015
Via NPR, a transcript of an interesting interview on California’s water crisis: TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Terry Gross. (SOUNDBITE OF NEWS MONTAGE) UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER #1: California going back to the drawing board to deal with their drought. UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER #2: The governor ordering the strictest crackdown on water use in the […]
Read more »Exporting The Colorado River To Asia, Through Hay: Beneath California Crops, Groundwater Crisis Grows
April 6th, 2015
Courtesy of the New York Times, a detailed look at California’s groundwater crisis: Even as the worst drought in decades ravages California, and its cities face mandatory cuts in water use, millions of pounds of thirsty crops like oranges, tomatoes and almonds continue to stream out of the state and onto the nation’s grocery shelves. But […]
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