Paige Blankenbuehler · @PaigeBlank
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Sampath Pāṇini ® ✅ · @paninid
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“the Colorado River system is in a state of collapse. It is a collapse hastened by climate change but also a crisis of management.”
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/a-water-war-is-brewing-over-the-dwindling-colorado-river
#climatechange #WaterWars #WesternUS #JohnWesleyPowell #agriculture #aquifer #drainagebasin #watermanagement #coloradoriver #WaterFootprint
#climatechange #waterwars #WesternUS #johnwesleypowell #agriculture #aquifer #drainagebasin #watermanagement #coloradoriver #waterfootprint
Sampath Pāṇini ® ✅ · @paninid
306 followers · 1644 posts · Server mastodon.world“Westerners were rugged individualists chiefly in their dreams (and the dreams of their Eastern and foreign admirers); in real life they were likely to draw paychecks for digging in corporate mines, plowing corporate fields, or chasing corporate cattle.”
- H.W. Brands, American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900
#WesternUS #individualism #corporate #capitalism #growth #America #paradox #conundrum #history
#WesternUS #individualism #corporate #capitalism #growth #america #paradox #conundrum #history
Sampath Pāṇini ® ✅ · @paninid
306 followers · 1631 posts · Server mastodon.world“Westerners were rugged individualists chiefly in their dreams (and the dreams of their Eastern and foreign admirers); in real life they were likely to draw paychecks for digging in corporate mines, plowing corporate fields, or chasing corporate cattle.”
- H.W. Brands, American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900
#WesternUS #individualism #corporate #capitalism #growth #America #paradox #conundrum
#WesternUS #individualism #corporate #capitalism #growth #america #paradox #conundrum
Paige Blankenbuehler · @PaigeBlank
386 followers · 110 posts · Server journa.hostAs a #PublicLands #conservation #NaturalResources #land #water #Arizona #Southwest and #WesternUS FAN GIRL, I’m so excited that @RepRaulGrijalva is here!! One of the most influential Western politicians in Congress. Looking forward to following his feed 🌵
#publiclands #conservation #naturalresources #land #water #Arizona #southwest #WesternUS
monkeytime · @tmorman
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On the 100th anniversary of the Colorado River Compact, High Country News has a good quick explainer about the way the original 1922 agreement's absurdly optimistic water flow projections, complete shutout of Native tribes and other mistakes have sown the seeds of the massive water rights conflicts getting worse in the Western U.S. today: https://www.hcn.org/articles/colorado-river-on-its-100th-birthday-the-colorado-river-compact-shows-its-age
#environment #ecology #water #agriculture #engineering #river #watershed #Colorado #California #WesternUS #NativeAmerican #HooverDam
#environment #ecology #water #agriculture #engineering #river #watershed #colorado #california #WesternUS #nativeamerican #hooverdam