Charles OrnsteinKilling the Colorado: A Water War Is Brewing Over the Dwindling Colorado River https://www.propublica.org/article/colorado-river-water-uncompahgre-california-arizona @ProPublica #water #ColoradoRiver
Zombywoof@charlesornstein @ProPublica these are the wars of the future
Brian Alexander@charlesornstein @ProPublica
Yes. But “brewing”? I broke into reporting about western water politics and the Colorado River almost 40 years ago. The war was on then.
Yes. But “brewing”? I broke into reporting about western water politics and the Colorado River almost 40 years ago. The war was on then.
Hobson Lane@charlesornstein @ProPublica Read _Water Knife_ if you want to know how this ends.
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Sheila Arnold@charlesornstein @ProPublica excellent and detailed article. With not only problems but possible solutions. More and more impressed by Pro Publica work.
NOLAWolverine@charlesornstein @ProPublica If only we could’ve seen this coming! Oh yeah …
Crowjane“Forget it Jake, it’s Chinatown”
Steve Cawley@charlesornstein @ProPublica this one reason I’m staying in the Great Lakes watershed.
@soudsider @charlesornstein @ProPublica I am with you on that. Thought about moving to Az or Colorado but the water situation is insane. Was driving to Tucson and saw a huge Pecan farm in the desert and said what the fuck.
Richard Konarski@charlesornstein @ProPublica The water sharing protocols are disastrous.
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