US Heat and Drought

The Guardian
View In: Lake Powell and the Colorado River BasinArizona, Nevada and Mexico affected as federal government steps in after states failed to reach agreementAfter western US states failed to reach agreements to reduce water use from the beleaguered Colorado River, the federal government stepped in on Tuesday, issuing cuts that will affect two states an...

Common Dreams - Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
View In: Lake Powell and the Colorado River Basin“Nothing has changed with today's news,” said one conservationist, “except for the fact that the Colorado River system keeps crashing.“

Grist
View In: US Heat and DroughtSome 107 million Americans will experience heat index temperatures above 125 degrees F by 2053, according to a new report.

Grist
View In: Lake Powell and the Colorado River BasinThere are at least half a dozen major Western water pipeline projects under consideration, ranging from ambitious to outlandish.

Yale Universities Climate Connections
View In: US Heat and DroughtA California bill proposes to do just that. The post What if we named and ranked heat waves like hurricanes? appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.

Inside Climate News
View In: Texas and Mexico Heat And DroughtThis story is a collaboration of The Texas Observer and Inside Climate News. Northern Mexico’s water crisis is spilling into Texas, drying out the two bi-national reservoirs of the Rio Grande, on which millions of people and $1 billion in agriculture rely.  One reservoir, Lake Falcon, is just 9 percen...