Colorado has over 50 data centers and more are coming. Let's protect our air and water with a few reasonable regulations.

https://boulderreportinglab.org/2026/03/22/simona-martin-colorados-data-center-boom-needs-public-health-guardrails/

#WaterShortage #Drought ##AirPollution #ChildrensHealth

Simona Martin: Colorado’s data center boom needs public health guardrails

As AI infrastructure expands across the state, lawmakers face a choice about who bears the costs and risks.

The Boulder Reporting Lab

“ By Anna Skinner
Published March 16, 2026
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poised to accelerate the melt of an already depleted mountain snowpack, prompting new warnings that water shortages could threaten the 40 million people who rely on the Colorado River this summer.. The alert follows mounting concerns from forecasters and water managers after a winter that produced historically low snowfall across the river basin.”

https://www.newsweek.com/water-shortage-warning-colorado-river-extreme-heat-warning-drought-11685165 #WaterShortage

Water Shortage Warning Issued for 40 Million People

The alert follows concerns from forecasters after this winter produced historically low snowfall across the Colorado River Basin.

Newsweek

“The Heat, Sand, and Wind Make Life Nearly Impossible”
Saleh Al-Swafiri, 75, and his wife Nasreen, 74, lost all their children at the start of the war when their home in northern Gaza was destroyed in an airstrike. Unhoused, they joined other families in Al-Mawasi, facing new daily challenges despite claims that the area was “safe.”

#IsraelWarCrimes #Gaza #Palestine #WesternComplicity #HumanitarianLaw #Genocide #EthnicCleansing
#WeAreAllPalestinians #WaterShortage
https://truthout.org/articles/i-spoke-to-families-in-gazas-largest-tent-camp-heres-what-they-told-me/

I Spoke to Families in Gaza’s Largest Tent Camp. Here’s What They Told Me.

Opposite experiences in two different tent camps in Gaza show how the world could be caring better for displaced people.

Truthout
World enters era of ‘global water bankruptcy’

The world has moved beyond a water crisis and into a state of global water bankruptcy, says a new flagship report released on Tuesday by UN researchers.

UN News
Latest from our @[email protected] Kazakhstan is warning of major water shortages in the south in 2026 as low reservoirs upstream and climate change threaten agriculture https://ow.ly/48S850XWQmR #Kazakhstan #WaterCrisis #ClimateChange #CentralAsia #WaterShortage

Kazakhstan Warns of Severe Wat...
Kazakhstan Warns of Severe Water Shortages as Syr Darya Levels Drop - The Times Of Central Asia

Kazakhstan’s Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Nurzhan Nurzhigitov, gave a sober warning to the country on January 13 that this year there could be

The Times Of Central Asia
Kazakhstan is warning of major water shortages in the south in 2026 as low reservoirs upstream and climate change threaten agriculture https://timesca.com/kazakhstan-warns-of-severe-water-shortages-as-syr-darya-levels-drop/ #Kazakhstan #WaterCrisis #ClimateChange #CentralAsia #WaterShortage
The Trump administration has released an outline of four new options for dealing with the Colorado River’s deepening water shortages, and they could dramatically cut the amount of water available for Southern California. #ColoradoRiver #water #watershortage #drought #California https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-01-09/trump-administration-colorado-river-report
Trump administration weighs how to face Colorado River water shortages

With rules governing the hard-hit Colorado River set to expire, the Trump administration weighs options for dealing with ongoing water shortages.

Los Angeles Times
The Trump administration has released an outline of four new options for dealing with the Colorado River’s deepening water shortages, and they could dramatically cut the amount of water available for Southern California. #ColoradoRiver #water #watershortage #drought #California https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-01-09/trump-administration-colorado-river-report
Trump administration weighs how to face Colorado River water shortages

With rules governing the hard-hit Colorado River set to expire, the Trump administration weighs options for dealing with ongoing water shortages.

Los Angeles Times