Data Dump: Hydropower dries up along with the rest of the West
As hydropower wanes, dirtier energy sources take up the slack
![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff6ca5daa-bf7b-4d03-844e-0065c3dbb3bb_4272x2848.jpeg)
In the summer of 1881, a 28-year-old Ohioan named Lucien L. Nunn, smarting from a string of failed restaurant ventures in Colorado’s mining country, left the budding burg of Durango and hiked 70 miles over high mountains to Telluride, where he …
Keep reading with a 7-day free trial
Subscribe to The Land Desk to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.