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Amid Dire Colorado River Outlook, States Plan to Tap Their Lake Mead Savings Accounts

Circle of Blue

A complex and arcane water banking program in the lower Colorado River basin, adopted in 2007 and later amended, was designed to incentivize water conservation, prevent waste, and boost storage in a waning Lake Mead. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue. The false sense of security is what irks Brad Udall about ICS.

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On Behalf Of Environmentalists, I Apologize For The Climate Scare

Environmental Progress

At 400 pages, with 100 of them endnotes, Apocalypse Never covers climate change, deforestation, plastic waste, species extinction, industrialization, meat, nuclear energy, and renewables. The invitations from IPCC and Congress are signs of a growing openness to new thinking about climate change and the environment.