"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Water levels on the Mississippi River may drop to historic lows next month in the Midwest, delaying barges carrying everything from grains and coal to steel and petroleum, after the worst U.S. drought in 56 years. Agriculture prices will no…
Plentiful amounts of water are needed to create electricity and, especially in the West and Southwest, considerable electricity is used is used to move water. This is the energy-water nexus. Gigaom has a two part series on the relationship between…
In a push to provide more water for agribusiness and residents of southern California, Governor Jerry Brown has proposed a pair of 40 mile tunnels to move water from the Sacramento River Delta to the town of Tracy, a project…
The Southern Nevada Water Authority wants to build a big pipe to funnel water out of four valleys sending it 300 miles to Las Vegas. The valleys in question would appear to be part of a Colorado River tributary basin.…
The Peripheral Tunnel would shunt water around the Sacramento Delta, sending it to Central Valley farmers and southern California. Somehow, proponents claim, this won’t hurt the Delta even a little biity bit. Farmers and the fishing industry disagree. Vehemently. California…