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Colorado River states are racing to agree on cuts before Inauguration Day
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Colorado River states are racing to agree on cuts before Inauguration Day

California, Arizona and others, fearing a political shake-up of negotiating teams after the November election, are aiming to wrap up work this year.
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Tribal nations push for seats at the table in Colorado River negotiations
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Tribal nations push for seats at the table in Colorado River negotiations

As federal and state officials prepare to renegotiate the rules governing the Colorado River, the region’s tribal nations are demanding seats at the table — seats that could make or break the basin’s future.

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States at impasse as Colorado River water deadline arrives
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States at impasse as Colorado River water deadline arrives; pressure builds on California

The seven states that depend on the Colorado River have missed a Jan. 31 federal deadline for reaching a regionwide consensus on how to sharply reduce water use, raising the likelihood of more friction as the West grapples with how to take less supplies from the shrinking river.

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Biden signs water bills benefiting 3 tribes in Arizona
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Biden signs water bills benefiting 3 tribes in Arizona

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — President Joe Biden has approved three bills that will improve access to water for three tribes in Arizona amid an unrelenting drought. One of the measures that Biden signed Thursday settles longstanding water rights claims for the Hualapai Tribe , whose reservation borders a 100-mile (161-kilometer) stretch of the Colorado River as it runs through the Grand Canyon.
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Water managers & drought-stricken West
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Water managers across drought-stricken West agree on one thing: ‘This is going to be painful’

Water authorities in the Western U.S. don’t have a crystal ball, but rapidly receding reservoirs uncovering sunken boats and other debris lost in their depths decades ago give a clear view of the hard choices ahead.
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Sacramento Valley struggles to survive record water cuts
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Sacramento Valley struggles to survive record water cuts

Sacramento Valley growers protected for decades by their water rights are suffering for the first time during this record-breaking drought.
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biggest potential water disaster in the US
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The biggest potential water disaster in the United States

In California, millions of residents and thousands of farmers depend on the Bay-Delta for fresh water—but they can’t agree on how to protect it.
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Biden may leave several environmental and health regulations unfinished

Biden may leave several environmental and health regulations unfinished

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