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Why Red-Colored Snow on the Rockies Is a Major Warning Sign That the West Is Drying Up

Chip Ward, TomDispatch.com. September 16, 2009.

The era of cheap and plentiful water in the West is over and that's bad news for our sprawling cities, agriculture and ecosystems.

Goodbye Pools, Lawns and a Whole Lot More: Why Life in the Southwest as We Know it Will Be History

Alex Steffen, Worldchanging. August 10, 2009.

Water in the very near future will be neither cheap nor plentiful, and much of the Southwest is destined for real trouble.

Too Many 'Straws' Sucking Water Out of the Colorado

Peter N. Spotts, Christian Science Monitor. April 23, 2009.

Without significantly cuts in demand, there won't be enough water for those promised on the Lower Colorado River.

How the West's Energy Boom Could Threaten Drinking Water for 1 in 12 Americans

Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica. December 26, 2008.

A rush to develop domestic oil, gas and uranium deposits along the Colorado River and its tributaries is a threat to our children's future

Did McCain Just Lose Colorado?

Joseph Romm, Climate Progress. August 18, 2008.

McCain might have just lost Colorado after saying he wanted to renegotiate a 1922 water deal and take water from Colorado and New Mexico.

A Reformer Tackles Texas's Water Woes

Joe Nick Patoski, Texas Observer. February 28, 2008.

With an environmental lawyer newly installed at the helm, the Lower Colorado River Authority charts a course between growth and good sense.