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Future of water supply at risk. Global warming may cause longer and more severe droughts than ever seen on the Colorado River, significantly decreasing the West's water supply for drinking, growing crops and keeping lawns green.
The decline in supply could be so severe -- a previous study cited suggested as much as 20 percent -- that water-saving measures won't be enough to compensate in the rapidly growing region, the council's study said. Riverside Press-Enterprise
LAST CHANCE. A must read from the Times Picayune (NOLA.com)
Colorado River Basin forecast not good, new report asserts. Water for lawns, showers, fountains and farms will become increasingly scarce in the West, according to a dire new assessment of the Colorado River Basin, which stretches from Wyoming to California. Denver Post
Report warns water crisis looming in arid southwest. The fast-growing states of the arid Southwest must plan for more severe droughts because of a regional warming trend that shows no signs of dissipating, says a new assessment of the Colorado River's water supply. USA Today.
Fiercer water wars seen for West.Global warming likely will reduce Colorado River flows in the coming decades, increasing competition for the West's lifeblood liquid, a federal panel said Wednesday. Denver Rocky Mountain News
Colorado River's low water has far-reaching effect. Water levels are so low on the Colorado River that Lake Mead, the huge reservoir created by Hoover Dam, is at a 40-year low. A new report says it's likely to get worse, thanks to climate change. National Public Radio.
Climate change, population growth could overwhelm Colorado river. Climate change and soaring population growth across the Southwest threaten to overwhelm the main water source for tens of millions of people. San Diego Union-Tribune
Western drought: The worst is yet to come. Residents of the western U.S. could be in for droughts worse than they have ever seen, a blue ribbon panel warned today. Science Now.
Experts call for revision on Colorado River plan. If you drink water that came from the Colorado River, you have a problem: Global warming stands to reduce flows on a river needed to sate the ever-increasing thirst of the booming West and preserve endangered species and ecosystems all along the river. Grand Junction Daily Sentinel
Public health agency linked to chemical industry. A federal agency responsible for assessing the dangers that chemicals pose to reproductive health has contracted much of its work to a company with close ties to the chemical industry, including manufacturers of a plastic compound linked to reproductive damage. Los Angeles Times
Micronesia vanishing as climate warms up. Ben Namakin, an official with the Conservation Society of Pohnpei, said that in the last five years rising ocean levels have taken a sandy islet a couple of miles south of Pohnpei and split another nearby islet. Honolulu Star-Bulletin
University lauded for emissions cuts. The student group Eco-Action sent a thank-you card to Penn State President Graham Spanier, after the administration confirmed a plan to cut emissions by 17.5 percent in the next five years. State College Centre Daily Times
Bright idea: Colorado city sponsors net-metering pilot program. It's called "parallel generation" of power, and those participating could be considered pioneers in the post-oil world. LaPorte North Forty News
Global warming is human rights issue-Nobel nominee. How hot is it? So hot that Inuit people around the Arctic Circle are using air conditioners for the first time. Reuters.
Kids expect Harper's answer on global warming. Impressed with the message of "An Inconvenient Truth," students from Dartmouth's École du Carrefour started a campaign in which every student in the class wrote a personalized letter to the prime minister. Halifax Chronicle Herald
Who Will Get the Oil? Iraq has the second- or third-largest reserves in the world, making petroleum the heart and vast bulk of its economy. The Nation
Clinton to back ethanol in Iowa. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is scheduled to return to Iowa today, in part to promote a campaign proposal encouraging ethanol production. Des Moines Register
Chef weary of eating fuel cost uses veggie oil. Georges Zidi, the executive chet at The Hartford Club, is among a comparative handful of people who have converted a diesel-engine car or truck to burn vegetable oil. It can be done, and it works, and it can save a lot of money. Chicago Tribune
Home-grown economics. Farmers and chefs looking at ways to and keep food and profits in area. Quality and proximity attract chefs like Matt Schoeller of Signatures, who tries to buy as much locally grown food as possible. Winona Daily News
Forget hot tin roof, these will be 'green.' Pilots flying over Lynchburg’s new Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courthouse will see a garden of sorts on the roof. Lynchburg News and Advance
Bhopal victims stage "die-in" at CM's house. Hundreds of Bhopal gas tragedy survivors staged a "die-in" at the Chief Minister's House to draw the attention of Shivraj Singh Chouhan towards their plight. Indo-Asian News Service
Mountain frogs succumb to high-flying pesticides. Pesticides used on banana, coffee and rice plantations are contaminating remote Central American tropical rainforests by hitching a ride on air currents as they sweep up mountainsides. This may help to explain why mountain amphibians are in severe decline. New Scientist