Southwest

Water supplies: states grapple with how to grow in drying West

POLITICO illustration/Photos by iStock Communities are being forced to confront the challenge of not enough water to support building into…

8 months ago

Catholics are sounding the alarm on dwindling Colorado River

Photo: An elevated view shows the dramatic decline of water levels at Lake Mead near Boulder City, Nev., The nation's…

1 year ago

The Linked Ecological Futures Of America And China

Image: Flora Weil for Noema Magazine When one country’s desert forms another’s rain, then one’s dream is another’s peril. In…

1 year ago

The Search for Solutions to Colorado’s Water Crisis

Photo illustration by C. J. Burton Nearly half a million homes in the Centennial State could be without water by…

2 years ago

Colorado basin drought sparks water limits at huge US reservoir

The level of Lake Mead – as seen in July 2021 from Boulder City, Nevada – has been steadily declining…

3 years ago