California may be forced to give something up in the coming years as hotter and drier weather causes the river’s main reservoirs to fall to dangerously low levels.
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100 years after the Colorado River Compact, the Southwest is nearing a crisis point
Pressure has intensified on the river as the driest 22-year stretch in the past 1,200 years has gripped the Southwest.
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In Mexico’s dry north, Colorado River adds to uncertainty
A small fraction of the river reaches Northern Mexico, irrigating its fields and providing for millions of residents. That supply is now more at risk than ever.
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WATCH: What the Colorado River Compact got wrong
This year marks 100 years since seven states signed an agreement to divide the waters of the Colorado River, called the Colorado River Compact.
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Boaters take caution: Invasive, easy-to-spread plant found in Boulder Reservoir
The fragment of Eurasian watermilfoil is the first new detection of the aquatic nuisance species in nearly two years, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife
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Air pollution hurts baby “gut biome,” Colorado study shows
Particles in air from traffic and industry slash good bacteria and risk inflammatory disease, CU Boulder researchers say in a look at Los Angeles infants
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The coal-fired power plant in Pueblo is seen as so unreliable one of its co-op owners wants out
CORE Electric says outages at the Pueblo plant increased the cost of electricity for 172,000 suburban and rural Colorado customers.
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Climate damage from oil and gas leases on federal land will get a second look
Similar deals have been reached in recent weeks for lease sales covering thousands of square miles public lands under the Trump and Obama administrations in Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming
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Do Colorado “factory farms” need tighter regulation?
Environmental groups team with DU law school demanding a new permitting system they say will better protect clean water
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Vilified, sanctified, politicized, humanized: The Colorado prairie dogs controversy explained
The 2022 version of prairie dog hostilities currently focuses on Longmont, where more than a thousand prairie dogs have been digging holes and chirping at the future site of a retail center