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The Bureau of Reclamation is draining reservoirs to fill reservoirs
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How has the drought/heat affected you? This summer’s been a doozy as far as heat and drought goes. We’ve had heatwaves that pushed temps up into the triple digits, massive wildfires b…
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I wrote the essay below—about my parents’ farm’s ditch in the North Fork Valley of Western Colorado—in 2018, which was one of the region’s driest years…
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... with a little help from Democrats
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Highlights pesky paradoxes of the grid
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Plus: How fossil fuels benefit from the heatwaves they helped foment
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Book Review: Footprints of Hopi History
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Plus Data Dump updates on housing, aridification, and drilling
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Climate change wreaks havoc from Portland to Phoenix
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Plus: Congress reinstates an Obama-era methane rule
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Congress is set to reinstate an Obama-era methane rule. That's not enough.
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