Politics www.circleofblue.org 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.
Politics undark.org 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.
Politics www.theatlantic.com The scientist who lost America's first climate war The explorer John Wesley Powell tried to prevent the overdevelopment of the West.
Elon Musk has criticized environmental regulations. His companies have been accused of sidestepping them.
