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Steve Breen

political cartoon

GoComics

July 29, 2022

https://www.gocomics.com/stevebreen/2022/07/29

Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the country,

is formed on the Colorado River at the Hoover Dam.

The reservoir’s water level has significantly dropped,

along with the river.

Photograph: Matthew Reamer

for The New York Times

A Breakthrough Deal to Keep the Colorado River From Going Dry, for Now

The agreement on cuts,

aided by a wet winter and $1.2 billion in federal payments,

expires at the end of 2026.

NYT

May 22, 2023    Updated 11:10 a.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/22/
climate/colorado-river-deal.html

A formerly sunken boat

rests on a now-dry section of lakebed

at the drought-stricken Lake Mead, Nevada.

Photograph: Mario Tama

Getty Images

Megadrought in the American south-west:

a climate disaster unseen in 1,200 years

G

Mon 12 Sep 2022    11.00 BST

Last modified on Tue 13 Sep 2022    01.32 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/12/
us-west-megadrought-climate-disaster

USA > the nation's largest reservoir,

Lake Mead, near Las Vegas    UK / USA

Lake Mead and Lake Powell upstream

are the largest human-made reservoirs

in the U.S.,

part of a system that provides water

to more than 40 million people,

tribes, agriculture and industry

in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada,

New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming

and across the southern border in Mexico.

https://www.npr.org/2022/05/02/
1096049180/a-barrel-containing-a-body-was-exposed-as-the-level-of-nevadas-lake-mead-drops

2023

https://projects.propublica.org/turf-wars/ - June 7, 2023

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/22/
climate/colorado-river-deal.html

https://www.npr.org/2023/01/22/
1150197343/why-heavy-winter-rain-and-snow-wont-be-enough-
to-pull-the-west-out-of-a-megadrou

2022

https://www.npr.org/2022/10/04/
1126240060/meet-the-california-farmers-awash-in-colorado-river-water-
even-in-a-drought

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2022/sep/26/
the-secrets-of-lake-mead-and-the-drought-exposing-them
- Guardian podcast

https://www.npr.org/2022/09/22/
1124150368/where-the-colorado-river-crisis-is-hitting-home

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/12/
us-west-megadrought-climate-disaster

https://www.gocomics.com/michaelramirez/2022/08/17

https://www.gocomics.com/stevebreen/2022/07/29

https://www.gocomics.com/mikeluckovich/2022/07/08

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/21/
nasa-images-lake-mead-drought

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/13/
lake-powell-drought-electricity

https://www.propublica.org/article/
the-southwests-drought-and-fires-
are-a-window-to-our-climate-change-future - May 11, 2022

https://www.npr.org/2022/05/03/
1096241339/history-of-home-economics-lake-mead-levels-plummet

https://www.npr.org/2022/05/02/
1096049180/a-barrel-containing-a-body-was-exposed-
as-the-level-of-nevadas-lake-mead-drops

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/14/
climate/western-drought-megadrought.html

2021

https://www.npr.org/2021/12/22/
1066642328/3-states-and-washington-agree-to-help-low-reservoirs-
along-colorado-river

2015

http://www.npr.org/2015/04/17/
400377057/as-lake-mead-levels-drop-the-west-braces-for-bigger-drought-impact

Hoover Dam        USA

https://www.npr.org/2022/09/22/
1124150368/where-the-colorado-river-crisis-is-hitting-home

USA > shrivel        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/13/
lake-powell-drought-electricity

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