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Water in the West

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On September 23, 2013
How bad is the long-term drought in the West? The enormous rains of last week in Colorado helped a lot locally, barely put a dent in the larger indicators. If you don’t believe the drought monitor, take a look at Lake Powell, a good barometer...

Peak Water

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On August 26, 2013

If you don't read Peter Gleick on water and the West, you really need to because he's the most important journalist focusing on this vital issue. And if he says.

Fracking and Water

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On August 17, 2013
Among the many problems with fracking is how we have prioritized the fossil fuel industry's access to precious water supplies over that of regular citizens. In Texas, where fracking goes unchallenged and where extraordinary drought has challenged all users of water, towns are losing their...

State Change

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On August 13, 2013

The Chihuahuan Desert in New Mexico (and presumably Chihuahua as well, but the Mexican side of the drought is completely ignored by most environmental journalists) is undergoing what ecologists call.

Global Water Crisis

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On August 7, 2013
I did a long-form film review for Radical History Review on films dealing with the global water crisis. The abstract and link is here; any of you with access to a university library should be able to get it. Others I'm not sure. But this...

The Future of Water

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On August 12, 2012
This story about the siphoning of water from the Sacramento River to the big corporate farms and cities of southern California says a lot about the future of water resources in the West, and the nation more broadly. Water is the #1 issue in western...

Hetch Hetchy

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On February 17, 2012

An iconic moment in environmental history is the construction of the Hetch Hetchy Dam. San Francisco, always desperate for fresh water supplies, looked to the Sierra Nevada to quench its.

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