4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (334+ words) The Pinal County Board of Supervisors has rejected a proposed 3,400-acre data center near Eloy, in the southern part of the state. The move came after hundreds of rural protesters packed planning meetings and the board's final vote. The La…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago   (635+ words) The Colorado River’s Upper Basin states are not required to make mandatory water cuts that the federal government imposed on the Lower Basin. But that piece of good luck doesn't guarantee smooth sailing for Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming....

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (629+ words) The Bureau of Reclamation released its two-year operating plan on Friday detailing how the agency will manage the Colorado River, and the nation’s two largest reservoirs Lake Powell and Lake Mead, amid ongoing drought and record low water storage. Under…...

3+ week, 18+ hour ago   (649+ words) Arizona and the other Lower Basin states will bear the brunt of cuts to Colorado River water over the next two years, while they continue to negotiate a longer-term agreement with the Upper Basin, the federal government announced Friday morning....

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (1026+ words) Routt County rancher Philip Rossi knew as early as January of this year — as the Flat Tops range above the Yampa River basin sat largely bare of snow — that 2026 would be a difficult water year. “You can just feel it,…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (1646+ words) Dire water conditions, missed deadlines and uncertainty on the Colorado River are complicating critical water decisions in California. No single state, water agency or federal official has shown the power, or the will, to break the deadlock among Colorado River…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (311+ words) © Eyematrix - iStock-453911335 Texas renewable energy developers hope to see new statewide rules for where and how projects are built. A new report from Environment Texas Research and Policy Center said Texas needs to keep expanding wind, solar and battery storage…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (758+ words) A federal water distribution and management plan may come out soon regarding the Colorado River, a University of Colorado at Boulder water official told The Center Square. The river provides water for agricultural irrigation, hydropower, recreation and municipal supplies throughout…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (440+ words) As negotiations and potential lawsuits over the Colorado River intensify, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation – which is ultimately in charge of managing the river – would be smart to pull back from the high-stakes gambit and take a hard look at the…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (544+ words) Lake Mead could soon benefit from the nation’s largest desalination plant thanks to an agreement that would allow water agencies in Nevada, Arizona, and California to explore ways to exchange water supplies across the drought-challenged Colorado River Basin. On Wednesday,…...