New study says greenhouse gases, not natural drought, has been swinging a heavier bat in Western states since 2000
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Coloradans offer to cut water use in exchange for $8.7 million
A corn farmer who proposes to reduce use of Colorado River by 600 acre-feet would get enough money to buy what he calls an nice-sized tractor
A misguided Colorado River task force?
State legislators created a Colorado River task force. John McClow, a prominent water official, argues that this represents a step backward.
A heck of a time for a drought conference
Like hard rains amid the Dust Bowl, Colorado has lots of water almost everywhere. That’s exactly the time to talk about what do as hotter and drier inevitably return.
Cheerful delusions about the Colorado River
We really would rather be getting news about another Super Bowl triumph. But the Colorado River is rapidly nearing total disfunction. It is the story.
Glen Canyon’s sagging electricity output
Generation of electricity at Glen Canyon Dam sags as Colorado and other Colorado River Basin states struggle to slow the decline of Lake Powell.
Spring is coming too soon
Another nice spring day—in mid-winter. But that early spring of recent years has never boded well for summer time heat and all that comes with it.
No. 5: Shrinking river and reservoirs
Are the political institutional agreements and water infrastructure of the 20th century in the Colorado River Basin flexible enough for a hotter, dryer climate?
