https://metrozone.newsroomlabs.com/article-content/7318357?brid=2861ea0a&lang=en&referrer=article #ClimateCrisisMEWS #globalwarming #EnvironmentalSustainabilityMEWS IMF in talks with #Argentina South American commodities exporter is facing the worst drought in 60 years, which has pummeled soy, corn and wheat crops, compromising already weak foreign exchange reserves.  #ClimateDrought #WaterCrisis

https://news.yahoo.com/water-crisis-west-massive-reservoir-100009040.html

#LakePowell is the nation's second-largest reservoir. Water is dangerously close to dropping so low that it can't flow out of the reservoir Lake Powell, the nation's second-largest reservoir and one that provides water and power to millions of people in southern CA has reached its lowest levels since its first filling in the 1960s.
Its companion reservoir #LakeMead is at levels almost as low #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #WaterCrisis #ClimateCrisis #Environment

EXPOSED! #EastPalestineOhio train derailment is a small piece of a much larger issue in the U.S., our FAILING clean water supply. Links to Cancers, Auto-immune disorders & delayed learning in children is just the tip of the iceberg. Learn more here: https://youtu.be/QUJXfMVB-x8
#ohio #EastPalestine #TrainDerailment #watercrisis #health

How an Ancient Irrigation Method Makes Sustainable Life Possible in the U.S. Southwest https://citizentruth.org/how-an-ancient-irrigation-method-makes-sustainable-life-possible-in-the-u-s-southwest/ #WaterConservation The #AcequiaSystem is adaptive and beneficial for the #Environment The earthen ditches enhance water seepage into the soil, refill the aquifer, create lush narrow wetlands, and boost biodiversity #WaterCrisis #sustainability #Irrigation

We Must Save the Drought-Stricken Colorado River Here's How https://www.newsweek.com/we-must-save-drought-stricken-colorado-riverheres-how-opinion-1779868 Water levels in Powell & Mead are nearing the point which the turbines in Glen Canyon & Hoover dams will no longer be able to generate electricity, if Powell approaches "dead pool," below which Glen Canyon Dam can no longer release water, there will no longer be regular flows in the Grand Canyon & downstream Implications for the economy the environment, recreation & endangered species are alarming #WaterCrisis

The #ColoradoRiverDrought is the worse in over 1200 years. Laws are important but without enforcement of them, don't do much. We need to get busy with mitigation and conservation. If there were a national action plan to implement government use of tax payers own money. One good way to help the #WaterCrisis can be rainwater capture should be offered to working class American taxpayers. Planting trees along shorelines and agriculture growing techniques, #LowCarbonFootprint landscaping ect.

So, as usual, California is fucking it up for the rest of the Southwest by pretending it's special. Every other state signed on, and #California probably refused because it would have bee expected to sacrifice just like the other states.

#Drought #ClimateChange #WaterCrisis #Southwest #ColoradoRiverCompact

https://kdvr.com/news/california-is-lone-holdout-in-colorado-river-cuts-proposal/

Most Colorado River states agree on water cuts | Las Vegas Review-Journal https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/most-colorado-river-states-agree-on-water-cuts-2720878/ Six out of seven Colorado River basin states have settled on a proposed set of cuts aimed at saving the crumbling river system and preventing Lake Mead and Lake Powell from crashing — with one very notable state missing from the agreement: California #WaterCrisis #globalwarming #ClimateCrisis #environment

RT @EJinAction@twitter.com

Jackson,MS will finally receive $795 million to address its #watercrisis. Decades of neglect, underfunding, incompetence & indifference have contributed to the issue.Each time, the water line breaks hit poor people the hardest, in a city where more than 80% of residents are Black

Drinking water to retail: How a rail strike could upend the economy

#WaterCrisis #Biden #RailroadStrike
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/economics/rail-strike-upend-economy-rcna59305

‘Free Water’ Was Never Free, Writes a Historian of the American West
#Environment #USA #AmericanWest #Water #FreeWater #WaterCrisis #Agriculture #AgricultureWater #FreshWater
https://the-14.com/free-water-was-never-free-writes-a-historian-of-the-american-west/

Unprecedented Worldwide Water Crisis in 2021
#World #Environment #Water #WaterCrisis #Floods #Drought #Rainfall #ClimateChange #UN #UnitedNations
https://the-14.com/unprecedented-worldwide-water-crisis-in-2021/