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In Arizona Water Ruling, the Hopi Tribe Sees Limits on Its Future
July 7th, 2023
Via ProPublica, an article on how Arizona’s unique method for awarding water to tribes was supposed to open up economic possibilities beyond farming for the Hopi Tribe. Instead, the tribe says it has dashed their dreams of building a thriving homeland: In September 2020, the Hopi Tribe’s four-decade effort to secure its right to water […]
Read more »The Colorado River Flooded Chemehuevi Land. Decades Later, the Tribe Still Struggles to Take Its Share of Water.
July 6th, 2023
Via ProPublica, a look at how the Chemehuevi’s reservation fronts about 30 miles of the Colorado River, yet 97% of the tribe’s water stays in the river, much of it used by Southern California cities, but he tribe isn’t paid for it: At night, the lights of Lake Havasu City’s hotels, boat launches and neighborhoods […]
Read more »Water Woes Are Slowing Growth Around Phoenix. What About Las Vegas?
July 3rd, 2023
Via Las Vegas Review Journal, a look at the impact of drought on growth in Las Vegas: Arizona officials announced this month that the state would not approve new housing construction on the burgeoning edges of the Phoenix metro area because there isn’t enough water to support planned future growth. The announcement brought a national focus […]
Read more »Melting Himalayan Glaciers Could Leave 2B People Facing Water Scarcity
July 1st, 2023
Via The National News, an article on a recent study that found that Himalayan glaciers in the region disappeared 65 per cent faster in the decade from 2011 to 2020: Himalayan glaciers providing critical water to nearly two billion people are melting faster than ever before due to climate change, exposing communities to unpredictable and […]
Read more »920 Million People Could Face Conflict Over The World’s Rivers by 2050
June 26th, 2023
Via The Conversation, a report that 920 million people could face conflict over the world’s rivers by 2050: The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project on the Nile River started operating in February 2022. It reinforced tensions between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt. The three countries rely most heavily on the Nile’s water. Sudan and Egypt consider the US$4.6 billion […]
Read more »Its Promised Land Drying, Mormon Church Works To Save The Great Salt Lake
June 25th, 2023
Courtesy of The Washington Post, an article on how the Mormon Church is activating to save the Great Salt Lake: The valley here was shades of brown, its vast saline lake shimmering, when Brigham Young first surveyed the landscape in 1847 and recognized a place he had seen in a vision: a spot to make the […]
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