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Hay meadows in pristine #Colorado river basins put to work as water-quality test labs — Jerd Smith (Fresh Water News)
1+ day, 37+ min ago (764+ words) Click the link to read the article on the Water Education Colorado website (Jerd Smith): Colorado ranchers who own some of the state’s most scenic landscapes are joining new research efforts to better understand emerging water quality issues in the…...
Political theater at the Ray Nixon plant: Energy secretary Wright, Rep. Jeff Crank and Rep. Gabe Evans make the case that #coal keeps the lights on and electricity affordable. To make that case they must be selective in their facts — Allen Best (BigPivots.com)
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (885+ words) Click the link to read the article on the Big Pivots website (Allen Best): U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright was at a coal plant near Colorado Springs last Friday to talk about the virtues of coal. It’s what keeps the lights…...
The #ColoradoRiver is on a knife’s edge. We need long-term solutions that protect the river and our communities” — John Berggren (Western Resource Advocates) #COriver #aridification
6+ day, 35+ min ago (862+ words) Click the link to read the article on the Western Resource Advocates website (John Berggren): Communities across the West have been anxiously waiting for a plan to manage their water supply from the Colorado River. They watched as the states…...
South Platte River Basin #climate for the week ending September 7, 2026 #SouthPlatteRiver – Coyote Gulch
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (307+ words) Below is the Precipitation Accumulation in South Platte graph from the NRCS for September 7, 2026. This morning precipitation, at the SNOTEL stations, is at 76% of the median (up 1% one week), and 72% of the water year median (up 1% one week). There are…...
Absurdity of the Colorado River crisis: Nearly half the river’s water goes to growing livestock feed and low-value exports — Daniel M. Frey (BigPivots.com) #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (488+ words) Click the link to read the article on the Big Pivots website (Daniel M. Frey): Forty million people depend on the Colorado River. Some of its largest cities are facing real shortages. Yet nearly half of the water put to human…...
The Colorado River Water Supply Crisis in a Few Graphs: Part 2 — Agricultural Water Use in the Lower Basin — The Traveling Wilburys of the #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
1+ week, 1+ day ago (578+ words) Click the link to read the report on the University of New Mexico Digital Repository website (Jack Schmidt1, Anne Castle2, Eric Kuhn3, Kathryn Sorensen4, Katherine Tara5): RECENT LOWER BASIN WATER USE LOWER BASIN AGRICULTURAL WATER USE Water use by IID is typically lowest between November…...
What Super #ElNiño Means for #Colorado — Peter Goble (Colorado #Climate Center) #ENSO
1+ week, 1+ day ago (769+ words) coyotegulch.blog Click the link to read the article on the Colorado Climate Center website (Peter Goble): You have likely heard news about El Niño recently. The National Weather Service reports that El Niño officially began in June. Observations from…...
#Climate ‘Overshoot’ Is Coming—Are We Ready?: If global warming remains above 1.5 degrees Celsius, a new U.N. report says “there are no good outcomes” — Bob Berwyn (InsideClimateNews.org)
1+ week, 5+ day ago (642+ words) Click the link to read the article on the Inside Climate News website (Bob Berwyn): Fossil fuel emissions are pushing Earth’s climate toward a dangerous new phase of climate “overshoot,” scientists warned Wednesday in a new report from the United…...
UN Environment Program: World set to cross 1.5°C global warming, but can still limit, adapt to and return from higher temperatures
1+ week, 5+ day ago (415+ words) Nairobi, 2 September 2026 – Global temperature rise is set to cross 1.5°C, likely within the next few years, pushing climate risks and impacts to increasingly dangerous heights, but it is still possible to bring temperatures down and achieve global goals in the…...
Prop 137 to invest in protecting and conserving water and land, preventing wildfires, coming to #Colorado voters this fall
1+ week, 5+ day ago (174+ words) Supporters of Proposition 137 today officially launched their statewide campaign for the November ballot initiative to invest in preventing severe wildfires and protecting the state’s rivers, drinking water, and landscapes. Without increasing taxes, Prop 137 would invest an estimated $175 million annually to…...