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The War for the Rio Grande
September 4th, 2026
Courtesy of Texas Monthly, a look at Rio Grande crisis: Some three hundred farmers bushwhacked up a steep hillside through the desert thornbush. Scrambling on all fours, they had to avoid the sharp stones wedged into the sunbaked earth, though some of them collected the rocks to use as weapons. The unforgiving September sun felt […]
Read more »China and Egypt’s New Power Play: What Xi Jinping’s Cairo Visit Means for the Nile
September 3rd, 2026
Via Modern Diplomacy, commentary on what Xi Jinping’s recent visit to Cairo means for the Nile: The timing of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Egypt in September 2026, coinciding with the signing of the (New Strategic Partnership Framework) between Ethiopia and the United States in August 2026, holds significant geopolitical importance. It serves as […]
Read more »What the New Rules for a Shrinking Colorado River Mean for Tribal Nations
September 1st, 2026
Via High Country News, a look at what the new rules for a shrinking Colorado River mean for tribal nations: Between the red rock canyon walls of the Colorado River, Aniston Hanks, 20, stood in the water while her best friend, Shauna Belone, 21, sat along the river’s shore. The two Diné citizens spent part […]
Read more »Fearing ‘Catastrophic Impacts’ From Water Cuts, Nevada Sues Feds Over Colorado River Plan
September 1st, 2026
Via Inside Climate News, a report on Nevada’s plans to sue the Trump administration’s ten-year strategy for how to stabilize use of the Colorado River: Three days was all it took for the Trump administration’s Colorado River plan to see a legal challenge from, somewhat ironically, Nevada. Of the seven states that rely on the […]
Read more »America’s Desert Metropolis Is on the Short List to Lose Water
August 23rd, 2026
Via the New York Times, a look at how Arizona, decades ago, won funding for a massive Colorado River project by agreeing to be first in line for cuts at a time of deep drought. The Trump administration says that time has come. From a secure, windowless room in northern Phoenix, technicians control the Colorado […]
Read more »Nation’s Largest Reservoirs Are Drying Up, Threatening Life in the U.S. Southwest
August 18th, 2026
Via the New York Times, a look at how levels in Lakes Mead and Powell have not been so low since 1957, underscoring a water crisis that plagues seven states that rely on the Colorado River. Lakes Powell and Mead, the nation’s largest reservoirs, are drying up, sending a Colorado River system that provides water […]
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