Colorado River Archives ~ Page 10 of 20 ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

November 9, 2023

by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current For the next three months, climate scientists say Nevada can expect warmer winter temperatures and...

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Feds Bet on Paying for Water Conservation to Protect the Colorado River

Inside Climate News

Colorado River Policy and regulation

November 7, 2023

Arizona and other states have agreed to use considerably less water from the river through 2026, thanks in part to...

UC RIVERSIDE: Model to illustrate scenarios for the Colorado River water use

UC Riverside

Colorado River

November 2, 2023

Difficult choices loom as climate change reduces water flows By David Danelski The Colorado River is a lifeblood for the U.S. Southwest that provides tap water for some 40 million people and irrigation for 2.6 million acres of crops in...

AG ALERT: Wet year improves Colorado River status

Ag Alert

Agriculture Colorado River

November 1, 2023

By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert A consensus plan agreed to last spring by states in the Colorado River’s Lower Basin...

NEVADA CURRENT: Feds say water cuts to 3 states are enough to protect Colorado River – for now

Nevada Current

Colorado River

October 26, 2023

by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current A robust water year for the Colorado River has given states that rely on the...

CAL MATTERS: Western States’ planned water cuts are enough to avert a Colorado River crisis, for now

Cal Matters

Colorado River

October 25, 2023

Wet weather and planned cuts by California, Arizona and Nevada averted declines that could have threatened water deliveries and power production — but long-term threats to the Colorado River remain. By Rachel Becker, Cal Matters Stay up-to-date with free briefings...

NEWS RELEASE: Reclamation releases draft SEIS for Colorado River operations through 2026

Bureau of Reclamation News

Colorado River

October 25, 2023

Funding from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda and voluntary water conservation commitments will save 3-million-acre feet of water through...

NEWS RELEASE: Biden-Harris Administration Advances Long-Term Planning Efforts to Protect the Colorado River System

Bureau of Reclamation News

Colorado River

October 19, 2023

Process to develop future guidelines and strategies leverages historic investments from President’s Investing in America agenda From the Bureau of...

PRO PUBLICA: Western States Opposed Tribes’ Access to the Colorado River 70 Years Ago. History Is Repeating Itself.

Pro Publica

Colorado River

October 17, 2023

by Mark Olalde, ProPublica, and Anna V. Smith, High Country News ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Series: Waiting for Water:Tribes’ Fight for...

NEVADA CURRENT: What a stalagmite from a Grand Canyon cave might tell us about climate change and groundwater

Nevada Current

Colorado River

October 10, 2023

by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Summer monsoons in the Southwest are difficult to forecast with total accuracy, but the future...

VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: San Diego gears up to deal water across the west

Voice of San Diego

Colorado River

October 3, 2023

Twenty years since San Diego bought Colorado River water from its farming neighbors, it seeks to attract investors in its...

STATELINE: Feds’ cash stream supports Colorado River conservation — but the money will dry up

Stateline

Colorado River

September 20, 2023

Experts worry the pay-to-save approach isn’t a sustainable solution. By: Matt Vasilogambros, Stateline Read more Stateline coverage of how communities across the West are grappling with drought that’s worsening because of climate change. Despite a megadrought, states in the West have been...

GRIST: Deprived of Colorado River water, an oil company’s plans to mine in Utah may have dried up

Grist

Colorado River

September 19, 2023

An Estonian oil company planned to produce enough oil in 30 years to spew the equivalent of carbon emissions from...

THE CONVERSATION: What Arizona and other drought-ridden states can learn from Israel’s pioneering water strategy

The Conversation

Colorado River Water supply augmentation

September 12, 2023

By Gabriel Eckstein, Texas A&M University; Clive Lipchin, Tel Aviv University, and Sharon B. Megdal, University of Arizona Arizona is...

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: As the Colorado River Declines, Some Upstream Look to Use it Before They Lose it

Inside Climate News

Colorado River

September 11, 2023

As states negotiate future water cuts, some officials are looking to build new dams and reservoirs in the Upper Basin of the overallocated Colorado River to use more water. By Wyatt Myskow, Inside Climate News RANGELY, Colo.—The fossil fuel industry...