Drought
May 15, 2008--LA prepares massive water-conservation plan (LA Times)
With vital and often-distant water sources shrinking, Los Angeles officials today will revive a controversial proposal to recycle
May 12, 2008--The West's wacky weather (High Country News)
Some parts of the high country are still trying to dig out from one of the heaviest winters on record (more snow fell in the Rockies May 1),
May 2008--Australia to spend $2.9 billion to buy water from farmers (US Water News)
Australia's government has promised to spend about $2.9 billion to buy river water from farmers in a bid to address the country's worst drought in a century. The spending is the most
May 5, 2008--Water looms as "The next oil" (Environmental News Network)
National and international attention is increasing about the vulnerability of water systems and the subsequent impacts on public health and welfare, business and
May 3, 2008--Last-ditch effort to restart wells on Platte fails (Denver Post)
A last-ditch effort to help farmers along the South Platte River whose wells were shut off in a water-rights
May 3, 2008--Beavers offer solution to climate change (National Public Radio)
In the Southwest U.S., biologists are talking about returning beavers to rivers they once inhabited in order to fight droughts — which are
May 2, 2008--Water shortage worst in decades, official says (LA Times)
California communities face a strong possibility of water shortages and even mandatory rationing this summer because of record dry weather in
May 1, 2008--Climate modelers see modern echo in '30s Dust Bowl (Environmental News Network)
Climate scientists using computer models to simulate the 1930s Dust Bowl on the U.S Great Plains have found that
April 29, 2008--Learning from our arid past (LA Times)
One of the downsides to global warming is drought. About 11 million people in northeast Africa alone were in serious danger of starvation
