‘What Are We Willing To Sacrifice?’ A Journey Down America’s Most Endangered River [Colorado]
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/09/colorado-river-endangered-climate-crisis-tour <-- shared media article
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This is a pretty good read by Craig Childs in HCN "Lake Powell, like its downstream neighbor Lake Mead, stands at a quarter of its full capacity. An increasingly arid climate, high demand from thirsty agriculture, and the bad math embedded in the century-old compact that divides the Colorado River’s water have shrunk the two reservoirs to levels not seen since they were first filling." #drought #GlenCanyon #LakePowell #ColoradoRiver #Utah #Arizona #GlenCanyonDam
https://www.hcn.org/issues/55.2/features-water-glen-canyon-revealed
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@Toastie I wonder what Edward Abbey would say (not really, that’s pretty clear).
https://www.glencanyon.org/edward-abbey/
https://sacredland.org/the-cracking-of-glen-canyon-damn-with-edward-abbey-and-earth-first/
At the Glen Canyon Dam, part 2 🏗️
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At the Glen Canyon Dam, part 1 🏗️
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Not good. #coloradoriver approaching critically low water levels that could turn #glencanyondam into a cork in river system. @washingtonpost https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/12/01/drought-colorado-river-lake-powell/
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