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Aspen Institute Releases Comprehensive National Strategy to Secure America’s Water Future
February 9th, 2026
Via the Aspen Institute, a new report positioning water security as a cornerstone of U.S. economic prosperity and global competitiveness: A new Aspen National Water Strategy, published today by the Aspen Institute’s Energy & Environment Program, provides a comprehensive roadmap to strengthen water security across the United States and ensure that communities, economies, and ecosystems […]
Read more »Colorado River Negotiators Are Nearly Out of Time and Snowpack
February 7th, 2026
Via Inside Climate News, a look at how – with another federal deadline only weeks away and record-low snowfall further drying out the watershed – states have begun talking about whether they are prepared for litigation: Time and water are running low on the Colorado River. Amid one of the driest winters on record, representatives […]
Read more »Western U.S. Cities Open Wallets in Quest for Water
February 5th, 2026
Via Circle of Blue, a look at how waning supply, drought risk, and population growth are pushing cities in the American West to seek new water sources: Little more than two months ago, on an unusually rainy November evening, the Queen Creek Town Council staked claim to the city’s future. Queen Creek, located in central […]
Read more »Fate of Colorado River Hangs In Balance As Political Battle Brews
February 3rd, 2026
Courtesy of The Washington Post, an article on how the fight over the dwindling Colorado River has long been nonpartisan, but now an unprecedented meeting of governors over the issue raises the political stakes: For a life-sustaining natural resource relied on by tens of millions of people and fought over by seven states and two […]
Read more »The Cross-Border Fight for Water in the Rio Grande Valley
January 17th, 2026
Via Texas Monthly, commentary on water diplomacy and a looming disaster for communities and industry along the Rio Grande: Water scarcity is a fact of life for people in South Texas and the Chihuahuan Desert of northern Mexico. While Texans in the Rio Grande Valley have so far avoided scientists’ predictions of a “Zero Day” […]
Read more »Mexico Is Sending Texas Billions of Gallons of Water. It Won’t Be Enough.
January 17th, 2026
Via Texas Monthly, a report on the treaty between the U.S. and Mexico that aims to manage resources that flow between nations. What happens when the water dries up? There’s a scenic overlook off the highway above the deep ravine of the Cañón del Pegüis in Chihuahua, Mexico, not far from the Texas border and […]
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