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The Deal Shaping the Future of the American West
December 13th, 2023
Via Politico, a report on the deal that’s shaping the future of the American West: The future of the American West is quietly being hashed out in the conference rooms of a Las Vegas casino this week. Just across the strip from the Bellagio’s fountains, in the shadow of an enormous Eiffel Tower-knock-off, negotiators from […]
Read more »New Mexico Looks to Address Increasing Aridity With Brackish and Produced Water
December 10th, 2023
Via Inside Climate News, a report that New Mexico plans to spend $500 million on salty water from deep underground and wastewater from oil and gas production as a solution to its shortage: New Mexico will invest $500 million into purchasing water from controversial sources, including treated oilfield wastewater, as a means to bolster the state’s […]
Read more »Colorado River Deal Opens Cash Spigot For Big Farms
December 3rd, 2023
Via Politico, an article on how billions of dollars of Inflation Reduction Act money meant to tackle drought looks likely to make it more expensive to clinch a broader deal critical to economies in several states: A widely hailed deal to conserve water from the shrinking Colorado River is turning into a windfall for some […]
Read more »Two Companies That Dominate The U.S. Carrot Crop …And Water Use
December 1st, 2023
Courtesy of Forbes, a report on the two companies that dominate the U.S. carrot crop, and dominate water use in Southern California’s Cuyama Valley, where residents are calling for a boycott of Big Carrot over the amount of water their farms are sucking out of the ground: It sounds weird to say that carrots are […]
Read more »Tensions Bubbling At Thirsty Arizona Alfalfa Farms Owned By Foreign Firms
November 30th, 2023
Via National Post, an article on the continued tensions bubbling up at thirsty Arizona alfalfa farms as foreign firms exploit unregulated water: A blanket of bright green alfalfa spreads across western Arizona’s McMullen Valley, ringed by rolling mountains and warmed by the hot desert sun. Matthew Hancock’s family has used groundwater to grow forage crops […]
Read more »In California, Farmers Test a Method to Sink More Water into Underground Stores
November 30th, 2023
Courtesy of Inside Climate News, a look at a novel California program which reimburses landowners for replenishing groundwater, in a bid to add regularity to the state’s boom and bust water system: In recent decades, as water has grown increasingly precious, Californians have tried countless ways to find more of it and make it last […]
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