Once a showcase of American optimism and engineering, Hoover Dam faces new power generation...
The long-term drying of the American Southwest poses a gathering and measurable threat to hydropower generation in the Colorado River basin.
Should Lake Mead, the reservoir formed by Hoover Dam,...
Data centers a small, but growing factor in Arizona’s water budget
BUCKEYE, Ariz. – It was supposed to be called Cipriani, a master planned community with more than 9,700 homes at the western fringe of this sprawling desert city in...
Utah’s Suicide Pact With the Fossil Fuel Industry
The state’s fixation on oil and gas development threatens the Colorado River watershed.
Drought threatens coal plant operations — and electricity — across the West
The very plants whose emissions help drive climate change are at risk of shutdowns because the water they need to operate has fallen to unprecedented levels.
Blue Mesa is threatened by a two-decade-long drought and downstream obligations
Experts say it will take a lot more than one snowy winter to refill the reservoir.
Race is on for Colorado River basin states to conserve before feds take action
Seven states in the West have been given until August 15th to implement new strategies and tools to conserve the Colorado River.