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Tag: Drought
Colorado’s plan to avoid a water shortage needs money. Is a...
This story was originally published on Sept. 26, 2019.
In November, Colorado voters will decide whether to legalize and tax sports betting to help pay...
Kate Greenberg, Colorado’s new ag commissioner, on climate change and mental...
Kate Greenberg, 31, has spent most of her adult life advocating for agriculture, a calling that’s taken her from farmers’ kitchens in the rural...
‘We can’t nickle-dime this thing.’ Water Congress comes up dry on...
When Gov. Jared Polis took office in January, he took responsibility for ensuring that Colorado doesn’t run out of water. Many in the water...
Four seasons: Colorado water in a changing climate Part 1: The...
Editor’s Note: Over the next year, The Colorado Independent will examine, season by season, the effects climate change is having on the state’s water...
How best to share the disappearing Colorado River Seven Western states...
As early as 2020, hydrologists forecast that the level of Lake Mead, the largest reservoir on the Colorado River, could drop low enough to...
Feds set urgent deadline on Colorado River drought plan Interior Dept....
LAS VEGAS – Reforming western water policy has always been an exercise in political maneuvering, stop-and-start negotiations and bureaucratic delays. Progress comes slowly and...
Climate change report: Southwest to see more heat, water scarcity, fires...
This story was originally published by NM Political Report and is reprinted here with permission of the Report.
Climate change is here. It’s human-caused. And it’s...
Guest Post: Raging California wildfires give us a taste of climate...
Wildfires continued to ravage both ends of California Wednesday, claiming at least 50 lives so far, with more than 200 people still missing, while...
PARCHED: Climate change and growth pushing CO toward a water crisis...
Editor's note: This story is the latest in The Colorado Independent's ongoing series, PARCHED, which tracks Colorado's water plan and water supplies in the...
After years of drought, Colorado water bosses face uncertainty
On June 1, a spark near the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gage Railroad ignited a flame in the Animas River gorge north of Durango....