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Nuclear Power In Colorado: Does The State Have Enough Water To Support Nuclear Plants?

The Colorado Independent | David O. Williams | Posted 11.05.2009 | Denver

Read More: Mark Udall, Nuclear Energy, Colorado Water Supply, John McCain, Colorado River, Nuclear Power, Denver News

Some water experts warn the upper Colorado River is an endangered species if current residential growth patterns and water consumption patterns contin...

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Best Government Dollar Spent: The National Park System

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hawaii, White House, President Obama, Old Faithful, Washington, Interstate Highway System, Park, Olympic, Colorado, Obama, Denver, Capitol Reef, Dc, Mountains, Montana, National Monument, Joshua Tree, West, Nps, Colorado River, Death Valley, National Park System, Flyover Country, National Parks, Great Sand Dunes, America's Best Idea, Badwater Basin, Alaska, Burns, Pbs, Grand Tetons, Geyser, White Sands, The National Parks America's Best Idea, National Park Service, Barack Obama, Idaho, Denali, National Recreation Area, Grand Canyon, Chris Weigant, Hot Springs, Ken Burns, Wyoming, Yellowstone, Bryce Canyon, Documentary, Utah, Volcano, National Park, Politics News
Chris Weigant

I encourage everyone, no matter what part of these United States you live in (or even if you live elsewhere), to take a "trip out West" at some point in your life. Get in a car, and go explore everything west of Denver.

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Climate Change Doubters Impede Water Plans

The Aspen Daily News | Brent Gardner-Smith | Posted 11.23.2009 | Denver

Read More: Colorado, Colorado River Water Conservation District, Global Climate Change, Colorado River, Aspen Global Change Institute, Eric Kuhn, Aspen, Denver News

A growing list of studies show that global climate change will mean less water in the Colorado River, but varying perceptions about climate change are...

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Red Snow Warning: The End of Welfare Water and the Drying of the West

Chip Ward | Posted 11.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Water-Policy, Lake Powell, Lake Mead, Water, Climate Change, Hoover Dam, Colorado River, Green News
Chip Ward

We are now dangerously close to the limits of what the Colorado River can provide, even in the very best of weather scenarios, and the weather is being neither so friendly nor cooperative these days.

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Best Government Dollar Spent -- The National Park System

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Hawaii, White House, President Obama, Old Faithful, Washington, Interstate Highway System, Park, Olympic, Colorado, Obama, Denver, Capitol Reef, Dc, Mountains, Montana, National Monument, Joshua Tree, West, Colorado River, Death Valley, National Park System, Flyover Country, National Parks, Great Sand Dunes, Badwater Basin, Alaska, Grand Tetons, Geyser, White Sands, National Park Service, Barack Obama, Idaho, National Recreation Area, Grand Canyon, Chris Weigant, Hot Springs, Wyoming, Yellowstone, Bryce Canyon, Utah, Volcano, National Park, Nps, Denali, Green News
Chris Weigant

Seeing President Obama and his family take in two of the western parks prompted me to strongly encourage everyone -- yes, even you! -- to plan on a trip like this at some point.

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Planet Earth: Difficult Times, Insatiable Appetites ... Doomed?

Janice Taylor | Posted 08.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Earth, Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow, Wendell Berry, Janice Taylor, Middle East, David Kessler, Omega-Institute, An End to Overeating, United States, Colorado River, Sustainability, Bottled Water, Elizabeth Lesser, Our Lady of Weight Loss, Green News
Janice Taylor

We human beings are pretty crude creatures. We want more, more, more. We have insatiable appetites. We do everything in excess, in both our personal and collective lives.

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More Water Shortages Coming To The West

AP | MIKE STARK | Posted 01.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Water Crisis, Colorado River, Climate Change, Water, Green News

SALT LAKE CITY — Seven Western states will face more water shortages in the years ahead as climate change exacerbates the strains drought and a ...

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Aqua Fina or Aqua Finite?

Karen Dionne | Posted 11.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Lake Huron, Lake Ontario, Lake Michigan, Tony Clarke, Great Lakes Compact, St. Ignace, Japan, Novel, Lake Erie, Blue Gold, Water, Michigan, Great Lakes, Environment, Bottled Water Industry, Colorado River, Lake Superior, Freezing Point, Maude Barlow, Ogallala Aquifer, Bottled Water, Green News
Karen Dionne

Recently, governors and legislatures... approved the Great Lakes Compact, a landmark agreement that bans the sale and diversion of water outside the region.

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McCain to Colorado: Drop Dead!

Joseph Romm | Posted 09.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Water, Colorado, Climate Change, Colorado River, Colorado River Compact, Global Warming, Politics News
Joseph Romm

In theory McCain should know that the West is going to get hotter and drier. Needless to say, Coloradans do not see things the way that the senator from Arizona does.

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