On AlterNet: southwest

Las Vegas Accused of Engineering Massive Water Grab: Is This the Future of the West? [With Photo Slideshow]

Tara Lohan, AlterNet, Jan 25, 2013

Story | Topic: Environment

As Farms Bite the Dust, "Megadrought" May Be the New Normal in the Southwest

Ari LeVaux, AlterNet, Jul 1, 2012

Story | Topic: Water

The Greatest Water Crisis in the History of Civilization: Coming to the American West?

William deBuys, TomDispatch.com, Dec 4, 2011

Story | Topic: News & Politics

Whistleblowers Claimed the FAA Let Southwest Keep Unsafe Planes In the Air

Marian Wang, ProPublica, Apr 5, 2011

Story | Topic: Investigations

Climate Change to Worsen Severe Water Shortages in US Southwest

Brian Merchant, TreeHugger, Feb 11, 2011

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New Study: Southwest Could See 60-year Drought

AFP Dec 15, 2010

Story | Topic: Water

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

Chip Ward, TomDispatch.com, Sep 15, 2009

Story | Topic: Water

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

Alex Steffen, Worldchanging, Aug 10, 2009

Story | Topic: Water

There's No Drug Crime Wave at the Border, Just a Lot of Media Hype

Gabriel Arana, The Nation, May 29, 2009

Story | Topic: Drugs

Too Many 'Straws' Sucking Water Out of the Colorado

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

Story | Topic: Water

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