Tag: Water shortages

Coalition blasts plans to divert Colorado River amid drought

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CARSON CITY, Nev. — Farmers, environmentalists and small-town business owners gathered at Hoover Dam on Thursday to call for a moratorium on pipelines and...

Central Oregon farmers struggle in drought

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BEND, Ore. — Cate Havstad-Casad, co-owner of Havstad-Casad Family Farms in Jefferson County, didn’t hold back last week while speaking on a Zoom call...

India’s deepening water crisis at the heart of farm protests

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RANSIH KALAN. India — Every year, Swarn Singh sows rice in his fields, knowing that the thirsty crop is draining northern India's Punjab of...

US West prepares for possible 1st water shortage declaration

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CARSON CITY, Nev. — The man-made lakes that store water supplying millions of people in the U.S. West and Mexico are projected to shrink...