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

William deBuys, TomDispatch.com. December 4, 2011.

Think of the coming Age of Thirst in the American Southwest and West as a three-act tragedy of Shakespearean dimensions.

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

Marian Wang, ProPublica. April 5, 2011.

In 2008, the FAA faced criticism from investigators for acting too cozy with the airline industry -- in particular, with Southwest.

New Study: Southwest Could See 60-year Drought

AFPDecember 15, 2010.

"The bottom line is, we could have a Medieval-style drought with even warmer temperatures," said the study's lead author.

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.

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

Gabriel Arana, The Nation. May 29, 2009.

The national media have invented a drug-related rise of border violence that officials and local journalists say just isn't happening.

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.

Virgin: 25 Years of Treating Women Like Meat

Cara, Feministe. February 12, 2009.

Alternate headline -- Virgin: 25 Years of Flying the Sexist Skies

Australia Faces Collapse as Climate Change Kicks in: Are the Southwest and California Next?

Joseph Romm, Climate Progress. February 2, 2009.

Australia is the canary in the coal mine for climate-driven desertification.

Is the American Southwest Running Dry?

Tara Lohan, AlterNet. January 23, 2009.

Filmmaker Jim Thebaut talks about the precarious future of the Southwest and the call for a national water plan.

Is There an Upside to the Southwest's Increasing Drought?

Moises Velasquez-Manoff, Christian Science Monitor. January 21, 2009.

The landscape will change, but the effect of natural drought cycles and climate change is restoring the grasslands of centuries ago.

Profligate Water Use in the U.S. Is Fueling the Flight of Mexicans Across the Border

Jo-Shing Yang, AlterNet. November 11, 2008.

Green lawns, swimming pools, and corporate farms in the desert Southwest are taking their toll on our neighbors to the south.

Climate Change Threatens to Dry up the Southwest's Future

Jason Mark, Earth Island Journal. October 16, 2008.

The abundant water and cheap energy that have fueled the Southwest's transformation are starting to dry up.

Southwest Could Lose Major Water and Energy Sources by 2021

Peter N. Spotts, Christian Science Monitor. February 13, 2008.

Scientists reported that Lakes Mead and Powell stand a 50 percent chance of running dry by 2021.