Colorado River

US Reviews Ideas For Boosting West's Dwindling Water Supply

AP | CATHERINE TSAI | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Drought, Colorado River Water, Video, Department of the Interior, Denver News, Western Water Supply, Water, Colorado River, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver Colorado, Ken Salazar, Water Supply, John Hickenlooper, Colorado, Denver News

DENVER -- Demand for water in a river basin that serves more than 36 million people in the West and Mexico is expected to overwhelm supply in the next...

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Tales Of Hardship From California's Final Frontier

AP | ELLIOT SPAGAT | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Video, Maria Guadalupe Pimentel, Mexican Day Laborers, Imperial California Last Frontier, Colorado River, Imperial Valley California, Calexico, California Mexico Border, Los Angeles News

CALEXICO, Calif. -- The day begins at 1:40 a.m. for Maria Guadalupe Pimentel when her husband knocks on their bedroom door, less than four hours after...

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Robert Redford Documentary Raises Awareness For 'A New Water Ethic'

Reuters | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Robert Redford Documentary, Watershed Robert Redford, Video, Jamie Redford Watershed, Colorado River Conservation, Robert Redbird Environmentalist, Water, Colorado River, Jamie Redford Environmentalist, Jamie Redford, Robert Redbird, Water Conservation, Robert Redford Watershed, Reuters, Green News

* "Watershed" documentary aims to stoke social awareness * Colorado River exemplifies water issues worldwide * Redford, ...

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Will Fracking Destroy Colorado's Rivers?

Gary Wockner | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Fracking, Colorado River, Poudre River, Colorado Fracking, Colorado Fracking Projects, Colorado Water, Colorado Water Supply, Colorado Fracking Laws, Denver News

Some people say that fracking may be a small drop in the bucket of Colorado's overall water supplies, but if these water projects go forward, fracking would certainly contribute to being the last drop in the bucket of Colorado's rivers.

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The End of a River? A Source-to-Sea Journey Down the Colorado River

Zachary Podmore | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Kayaking Colorado River, Green River, Colorado River, Colorado College, Colorado River Kayaking, Colorado River Climate Change, Colorado River Environment, Green News

From ranches in Wyoming, to supermarkets in New York, to showers in Los Angeles, the Colorado River enriches the lives of millions of people -- but at the expense of the living river.

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Fixing the Perfect Storm on the Colorado River

Gary Wockner | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Colorado River, Colorado River Restoration, Colorado River Delta, Colorado River Drought, Colorado River Legislation, Colorado River System, International Boundary Waters Commission, Denver News

With your help, we may all soon be able to stand in the sand 75 miles south of Mexicali and see something different -- a thin line of water, alive and real, racing towards the sea with perfection in its eyes.

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PHOTOS: Colorado College Researchers Go 'Source To Sea'

Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Colorado College State of the Rockies, Source to Sea, Denver News, State of the Rockies, Environmental Research, Colorado River Research, Environmental News, Colorado College, Sea of Cortez, Colorado River Source to Sea, Video, Colorado River, Denver Colorado, Colorado News, Denver News

After 110 days of paddling and hiking, two recent Colorado College graduates have completed a "source to sea" journey of the entire Colorado River. T...

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$9 Billion Flaming Gorge Pipeline Would Further Drain the Colorado River System

Gary Wockner | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Flaming Gorge Pipeline, Flaming Gorge Pipeline Grant, Flaming Gorge Pipeline Controversy, Colorado River, Colorado River System, Flaming Gorge Pipeline Task Force, Denver News

Trading away the rivers, natural wealth and resiliency of an entire region to fuel the unsustainable sprawl and bluegrass lawns of a few cities is not just foolish, it's morally wrong.

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$39 Billion, Just the Tip of the $20 Trillion Oil Iceberg

Jigar Shah | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Energy, Rome-Based Eni SpA, Total, Renewable Energy, Exxon, Oil Drilling, Shell, Caspian Sea, Oil Rig, Oil, Colorado River, KazMunaiGaz National Co., Kazakhstan, Kashagan, Gizitdinov, Green News

Our energy needs are in conflict are out of synch with natural systems. In the case of the Caspian Sea's $39 billion oil-drilling project, here are some facts.

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California Water Pact Goes To Court

AP | DON THOMPSON | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: Los Angeles News, Southern-California-Water-Utility, Colorado River Water Conservation District, California Water Pact, California Water Supply, California Water, Colorado River, Los Angeles News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A state appeals judge on Monday strongly defended a landmark agreement on how Southern California gets its water, casting a...

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Source To Sea: Researchers Traverse Entire Colo. River

Posted 01.08.2012

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In what must be one of the most sought-after field research projects in the West, Will Stauffer-Norris and Zak Podmore, two Colorado College alumni, a...

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Mexico's Newest Export To U.S. May Be Water

AP | ELLIOT SPAGAT | Posted 12.15.2011

Read More: Video, Mexico Export, Colorado River, Playas De Rosarito, Colorado River Drought, Environment, Mexico, Mexico US, US Drought, Mexico Water, Desalinization, US Water, Green News

SAN DIEGO — Mexico ships televisions, cars, sugar and medical equipment to the United States. Soon, it may be sending water north. Western stat...

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Kristen Bell: 'You Don't Have To Be Sacrificial' To Conserve Water

HuffingtonPost.com | Bonnie Christian | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Save Water, The Nature Conservancy, Video, Kristen Bell the Nature Conservancy, Colorado River, Water Conservation, Kristen Bell, Kristen Bell Water Conservation, Neturogena Naturals, Conserve Water, Flint River, Kristen Bell Neutrogena Naturals, Green News

Actress Kristen Bell took to the stage on Monday night in support of water conservation, saying "you don't have to be sacrificial" to save water. B...

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What Do You Know? Water Conservation and Efficiency Actually Work

Peter H. Gleick | Posted 08.28.2011

Read More: Water Use, Water Efficiency, San Diego, Water, Colorado River, Municipal-Water-Systems, Water Conservation, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Green News

The Colorado River basin still faces a seriously difficult future as long as population continues to grow, and as climatic changes become more evident, altering streamflow volumes, timing, and quality.

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We Can Only Mar It

Carl Pope | Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Grand Canyon, Uranium Mining, Theodore Roosevelt, Jan Brewer, Drinking Water, Tea Party, Colorado River, Green News

It's remarkable how often crucial moments in America's quest to preserve its wild legacy are embodied on the rim of the Grand Canyon.

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Flood Watch: Colorado Rivers Rise With Warm Weather

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: Colorado Flooding, Colorado Flood Watch, Record Colorado Snowpack, Colorado Rivers, Denver News, Colorado River, Poudre River, Record Snowpack Leads to Flooding, Colorado Flood, Big Thompson River, Denver News

Flood advisories were issued by the National Weather Service last night and this morning for areas in northwest Colorado for areas around Jackson and ...

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Salazar Report Warns Of Water Decline

Posted 06.25.2011

Read More: Department of the Interior, River Drying Up, Reclaimation, Colorado River, Climate Change Report, Water Shortage, Rio Grande River, Ken Salazar, Rio Grande, Secretary Ken Salazar, Doi, Denver News

The Colorado, San Joaquin and Rio Grande river basins may see a decrease by eight to fourteen percent over the next 40 years, according to a report re...

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Feds Sample Colo. Snowpack Following Japan Nuclear Disaster

denver.cbslocal.com | Paul Day | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: Japan Nuclear Disaster, Colorado Snowpack, Colorado River, Natural Resource Conservation Service, Radiation, Japan Earthquake, Snowpack, Denver News

DENVER (CBS4) -- Snow surveyors with the Natural Resource Conservation Service have always cared about the quantity of Colorado's white stuff, not the...

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Cops Mum On FBI Divers In Colorado River

Grand Junction Daily Sentinel | Paul Shockley | Posted 05.29.2011

Read More: Grand Junction Police, FBI Divers, Colorado River, FBI Dive Team, Fbi, Denver News

Local authorities were tight-lipped about a search of the Colorado River on Monday afternoon that involved diving specialists from the FBI....

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John Wesley Powell Was Right

Brian Fagan | Posted 05.28.2011

Read More: Aquifers, Water History, Colorado River, Water Crisis, Green News

In 1893, John Wesley Powell of Grand Canyon fame, Director of the US Geological Survey, addressed an irrigation conference in Los Angeles about water in the American West.

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Filling the Front Range Water Gap

Drew Peternell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Water Demands, Water Shortages, Colorado River, Colorado Environmental Coalition, Western Resources Advocates, Water Pipeline, Filling the Gap, Water Conservation, Trout Unlimited, Colorado Water Project, Best of Denver, Denver News

Colorado's rivers and streams are at a dangerous tipping point -- and we can no longer take their health for granted in water planning.

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Preserving the Colorado River

Al Tucker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Water Scarcity, Commercial Oil Shale Development, Colorado River, Denver News

Interior Secretary Salazar recently met with seven western states to discuss the ongoing issues plaguing the Colorado River. It is critical that we collaborate to sustain this river.

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GAO Report On Oil Shale Predicts Conflicts With Downstream Water Demands

Grand Junction Daily Sentinel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gao, The West, Oil Shale, Green River Formation, Colorado River, Water, Water in the West, Denver News

It's likely that the nation's oil shale states have enough water to start an energy industry based on the rock, but it would soon have to compete wi...

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Susan Greene On Leaving The Denver Post And The Future Of Colorado Journalism

Susan Greene | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Denver Post, Journalism, Carol Chambers, John Hickenlooper, Marvin Booker, Newspapers, Colorado River, Death of Newspapers, Labor-Reform, Denver News

Staying true to the Denver Post brand required a certain type of Stockholm syndrome. It meant internalizing what you figure your boss and your boss's boss might deem inconvenient to print.

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Report: Colorado Water Supply Doomed By 2050

Grand Junction Daily Sentinel | Gary Harmon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Colorado Water Supply, Colorado Water, Colorado River, Water, Statewide Water Supply Initiative, Colorado Water Supply 2050, Denver News

By 2050, fast-growing Colorado will need as much as 1 million acre-feet more water than it uses now, and it will have difficulty meeting the new deman...

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