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Amid dire Colorado River outlook, states plan to tap their Lake Mead savings accounts
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Amid dire Colorado River outlook, states plan to tap their Lake Mead savings accounts

This year and next, Arizona and California intend to draw on water they banked in the big reservoir, even as water levels drop.

U.S. Southwest, already parched, sees 'virtual water' drain abroad
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U.S. Southwest, already parched, sees 'virtual water' drain abroad

As the Colorado River Basin enters yet another year of drought, global companies are worsening the water crisis.
The scientist who lost America's first climate war
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The scientist who lost America's first climate war

The explorer John Wesley Powell tried to prevent the overdevelopment of the West.

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