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As Colorado River Dries, the U.S. Teeters on the Brink of Larger Water Crisis
August 25th, 2022
Via Pro Publica, a report on how the megadrought gripping the U.S. western states is only part of the problem – alternative sources of water are also imperiled, and the nation’s food along with it: The western United States is, famously, in the grips of its worst megadrought in a millennium. The Colorado River, which […]
Read more »World’s Rivers Drying Up From Extreme Weather
August 21st, 2022
Courtesy of CNN, a look at how the world’s rivers are drying up from extreme weather from space: To be stuck “up a river without a paddle” is an expression for a sticky situation you just can’t get out of. But if that river happens to be in the northern hemisphere this summer, it’s likely […]
Read more »A Next-Level Water Crisis: Colorado River Basin Faces Tier 2 Restrictions
August 18th, 2022
Via Yale Climate Connections, a report on the unprecedented move to Tier 2 restrictions as southwestern states wrangle over how to cut water use: The grinding megadrought that’s plagued the southwestern United States since 2000 plunged to a new level of seriousness on Tuesday, August 16, as the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced that the first-ever […]
Read more »Colorado River Crisis Continues
August 18th, 2022
Via The Land Desk, commentary on the Colorado River crisis: THE NEWS: “Today is a very important day for the Colorado River Basin. We are facing unprecedented challenges.” So said Tanya Trujillo, Assistant Secretary for Water and Science at the Interior Department, at an Aug. 16 press conference, setting the stage for the federal government to […]
Read more »U.S. Announces More Water Cuts As Colorado River Hits Dire Lows
August 17th, 2022
Via The Washington Post, a report on the new Colorado River shortage triggered by low reservoir levels comes comes as states negotiate how to make major reductions in water use: As the historic drought in the U.S. Southwest pushes the nation’s largest reservoirs to record lows, the Biden administration Tuesday announced that water shortages along the Colorado River had passed […]
Read more »Steep Water Cuts Coming For U.S. Southwest
August 16th, 2022
Via CNN, an article on the steep water cuts are coming for the Southwest as Colorado River shrinks and Lake Mead’s level plummets: An extraordinary drought in the West is drying up the Colorado River and draining the nation’s largest reservoirs — Lake Mead and Lake Powell. And amid the overuse of the river and the aridification of the region, the federal government […]
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