colorado river

A Dam Waste In the Age of Megadrought

Philip Armour / Truthdig Oct 12, 2023 Colorado’s Gross Dam illustrates the folly of impounding water to feed unsustainable economic and population growth in the American West. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Environment

Will California Blow up the Deal To Save the Colorado River?

Jake Bittle / Grist Feb 2, 2023 There’s a deal to save the Colorado River—if California doesn’t blow it up Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Saving the Vaquita Porpoise

Barbara Williams Jul 18, 2019 A Sea Shepherd team makes a last-ditch effort to ensure survival of critically endangered marine mammals in the Sea of Cortez. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Climate Change Stems Flow of the Colorado River

Staff / Truthdig Feb 27, 2017 One of the longest U.S. waterways, the river has lost 20 percent of its flow since 2000, according to the journal Water Resources Research. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Colorado Rainfall Threatens Flood Rescues

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 15, 2013 Severe rain is stymieing the efforts of rescuers to save people stranded by severe flooding between the Rocky Mountain foothills and the plains of northeastern Colorado. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Never Again Enough

By William deBuys, TomDisaptch Aug 1, 2013 The crucial question for Phoenix, for the Colorado, and for the greater part of the American West is this: How long will the water hold out? Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Phoenix in the Climate Cross Hairs

By William deBuys, TomDispatch Mar 14, 2013 If you want a taste of the brutal new climate to come, don't think of Hurricane Katrina or Superstorm Sandy. Look to Phoenix, where if the power goes out, people fry. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

A Growing Water Deficit in the West

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 14, 2012 A three-year study by the Department of the Interior has concluded that a hotter, drier climate is threatening the water supply for 40 million people who depend on the Colorado River. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Water Is the New Oil

Staff / Truthdig Apr 23, 2009 Turns out polar bears aren't the only land mammals struggling with global warming. Many of the world's most-used rivers, from the Colorado to the Ganges, have been losing water for the last 50 years. So, in addition to coping with floods, storms, deserts and mass extinction, we could all die of thirst. Happy Earth Day. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )