Global Warming
August 11, 2009--Salazar to highlight West's water challenges at forum (Pueblo Chieftain)
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Monday that the West’s limited water supplies face growing pressure from agricultural uses, changing demographics and climate change - underscoring the need for mor
August 8, 2009--Warmer climate could raise Reno flood threat (Denver Post)
A warming climate could mean more floods in the Truckee Meadows, but officials say adopting recommendations in a new report could help limit the danger.
August 2, 2009--Sun splits water for a cleaner, brighter tomorrow (Telluride Daily Planet)
On Tuesday, Nocera will present the Pinhead Town Talk, "Personalized Energy: A Carbon-Neutral Energy Supply for Each Individual (x 6 Billion People)." He will illuminate how his revolutionary invention cap
July 30, 2009--Rich nations vulnerable to water disasters (Environmental News Network)
The growing shortage of water - a perennial problem in the world's poorer nations - is expected to eventually reach the rich nations in the Western world.
July 27, 2009--Boom in hydropower pits fish against climate (L.A. Times)
The ability of the nation's aging hydroelectric dams to produce energy free of the curse of greenhouse gas emissions and Middle Eastern politics has suddenly made them financially attractive -- thanks
July 24, 2009--Report: California can save water by investing in farm conservation measures instead of dams (L.A. Times)
By investing in water-saving technology, California's drought-burdened farmers could save enough water annually to fill four times over a reservoir that Gov.
July 21, 2009--Climate change puts western water supply at risk (Environmental News Service)
The Colorado River system, which 30 million people depend on for drinking and irrigation, could lose all of its reservoir storage to climate change by the middle of the century, a new University of Colorad
July 8, 2009--San Francisco Public Utilities Commission pursues underground water-storage plan (Environmental News Network)
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission is pursuing a plan to store water underground that can be pumped out in time to supply customers in a
July 6, 2009--Tucson ordinance requiring rainwater harvesting on commercial building drawing interest (L.A. Times)
Long dependent on wellwater and supplies sent hundreds of miles by canal from the Colorado River, this desert city will soon harvest some of its 12 inches of annual rainfall to help bolster its water
July 6, 2009--States digging deep to monitor water (Denver Post)
State and federal agencies have been watching, or monitoring, lakes and rivers for more than a century, but less attention has gone to vast amounts of water in cracks and rock fissures deep underground, le
