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After lawsuit from Colorado and other states, Utah asks Trump administration to delay decision on tapping Lake Powell
Utah cited the need to consider roughly 14,000 public comments on a draft environmental impact statement, released in June by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, for the Lake Powell pipeline project
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Water shortages in Lake Powell, Lake Mead likelier than previously thought
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Colorado, five other states promise lawsuits if feds fast-track approval of Utah’s Lake Powell Pipeline project
By Jason Blevins Environment Primary category in which blog post is published
Western U.S. faces reckoning over water, but avoids cuts for now
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Why planting tenacious tamarisk seemed like a good idea until it wasn’t, and other harrowing tales of Colorado’s invasive species
By Michael Booth Environment Primary category in which blog post is published
Environment Primary category in which blog post is published
The plan to protect the Colorado River still isn’t done. Now what?
Here's a look at river and the drought plan and why it matters
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Arizona joins Colorado River drought plan just before federal deadline in effort to keep reservoirs from draining too low
The nightmare scenario for Arizona, California, Nevada and Mexico — which draw from Lake Mead — is a phenomenon called "dead pool," in which the level of the lake's surface falls below the gates that let water out
