Western Colorado Water Purchas...

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Western Colorado Water Purchases Stir Up Worries About The Future Of Farming

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New Study Projects Severe Wate...

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New Study Projects Severe Water Shortages in the Colorado River Basin

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Politicians knew the inconveni...

Dec 4, 2019 by

Earlier this year, the seven states that depend on the Colorado River made history.

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Desalination plants are here, ...

Jun 24, 2019 by

Some 30 miles north of San Diego, along the Pacific Coast, sits the Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant, the largest effort to turn saltwater into freshwater in North America.

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What drought? These states are...

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Wyoming wants to modify the Fontenelle Dam so it can use an extra 80,000 acre-feet of water from a tributary of the once-mighty Colorado River

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How the Lower Colorado Shows W...

Apr 18, 2017 by

How the Lower Colorado Shows What’s Really at Stake for America’s Rivers as Trump Rolls Back Protections

[Translate] Environment By starving key federal conservation initiatives, President Trump’s budget threatens rivers and...

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CLIMATE CHANGE STEMS FLOW OF T...

Feb 28, 2017 by

CLIMATE CHANGE STEMS FLOW OF THE COLORADO RIVER

[Translate]   By Tim Radford / Climate News Network  VIA TRUTHDIG     The Colorado River supplies water to seven U.S. states and...

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5 Reasons to Protect Arizona’s...

Sep 30, 2016 by

[Translate] Environment A national monument designation for this critical watershed would ensure its protection for future...

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THE BATTLE OVER PUBLIC DRINKIN...

May 30, 2016 by

THE BATTLE OVER PUBLIC DRINKING WATER HAS JUST BEGUN

[Translate] by Samantha PageCLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Don Ryan An initiative to block Nestle from bottling water in Cascade...

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HOW THE WATER CRISIS IN THE WE...

May 26, 2016 by

HOW THE WATER CRISIS IN THE WEST RENEWED THE DEBATE ABOUT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DAMS

[Translate]   By Abrahm Lustgarten / ProPublica   VIA TRUTHDIG     Glen Canyon Dam is located in Page, Arizona. (Jacqueline...

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UNPLUGGING THE COLORADO RIVER

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UNPLUGGING THE COLORADO RIVER

[Translate] The Glen Canyon Dam, on the Arizona-Utah border, as seen in the documentary “DamNation.” The efficiency of the dam has...

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THE SOUTHWEST’S ONLY FRE...

May 1, 2016 by

THE SOUTHWEST’S ONLY FREE-FLOWING RIVER COULD BE SUCKED DRY BY HOME BUILDERS AND REPUBLICANS

[Translate] By Mother Mags   San Pedro River, holding on … For the most part Arizona hasn’t experienced severe drought...

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CLIMATE CHANGE IS SUCKING THE ...

Apr 4, 2016 by

CLIMATE CHANGE IS SUCKING THE COLORADO RIVER DRY

[Translate] Shutterstock By John Upton GRIST Cross-posted from ClimateCentral Even as the number of Americans relying on the Colorado...

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GREED DIES HARD IN A POISONED ...

Aug 18, 2015 by

GREED DIES HARD IN A POISONED LAND

[Translate] Emersen Sud crouches along a bank of the Animas River, in Durango, Colorado, August 14, 2015. A recent accident that...

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ABANDONED MINE LEAKS MILLIONS ...

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ABANDONED MINE LEAKS MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF BRIGHT ORANGE, TOXIC WATER INTO COLORADO RIVER

[Translate] by Samantha Page CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: EPA A mine blew out last week, leaking three million gallons of bright orange...

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