Trustafarians on the Colorado River
In Denver, before a friendly crowd, a scathing description of the upper basin vs. the lower basin. Guess who was compared to ski town trustafarians?
Pick your Colorado River metaphor
The river is in deep doo-doo, and worse may very well come. So why such a sluggish reaction?
Tightening tensions in the Colorado River Basin
Without a more muscular federal role, must Colorado farmers bear the burden of water shortages in the Colorado River Basin? Cites likely won’t.
The Colorado River Compact hasn’t aged well
George Sibley says it is time for the seven states to throw out the the now century-old compact and start over.
Reinterpreting the Colorado River Compact
Relics of construction of Glen Canyon Dam have been exposed by receding waters of Lake Powell. Also exposed have been weaknesses of the 1922 compact governing allocations. Can this document be modified to recognize 21st century realities?
A new dimension in the Colorado River debate
Climate change adds a new layer to the talk in the fast-declining Colorado River Basin. Net-zero concepts moves forward. Plus planning for extreme weather.
The Colorado River’s confounding math problem
Those who crafted the Colorado River Compact assumed far too much water, but they could not have known about human-caused aridification. It’s a real problem.
Visiting Bishop’s Lodge and the Colorado River Compact
A visit to where the compact was conceived in New Mexico in 1922 provokes questions about whether the agreement needs to be remodeled—or razed.
Fear along the Colorado River
George Sibley says worried debate in Colorado and other upper-basin states about how to avoid a Colorado River Compact curtailment is badly misplaced.
