http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.9/the-fading-arizona-town-of-gila-bend-bets-big-on-solar At last -- a place to put utility scale plants that won't ruin the desert. But will politics and the economy get in the way? No publisher Judith Lewis Mernit renewable energy Amargosa Farm Road project desert tortoises Frederick Buss industrial solar Debbie Lesko environmental movement insolation Abengoa Gila Bend, Arizona Solana California electricity supply Sonoran Desert housing crisis endangered species economic recovery Solar Millennium real estate bust irrigation, Solar Field BrightSource Energy endangered desert plants Eric Fitzer utility-scale solar projects water supply global warming photovoltaic panels Jan Brewer BLM lad energy transmission lines solar energy Arizona politics Big Solar Overlay Zone Arizona Public Service agricultural lan Mojave Desert Arizona Legislature Sempra Energy climate change Gila Bend, Arizona, 2012-06-04T15:10:14Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.5/a-colorado-newspaperman-fights-for-his-valleys-water Bob Rawlings, publisher of the Pueblo Chieftain, has battled for decades to bring water to southeastern Colorado and, once it's there, to keep it no matter what. No publisher Matt Jenkins irrigation Colorado water politics farmers Bob Rawlings water supply Super Ditch water rights Pueblo Chieftain Colorado history water diversions Fryingpan-Arkansas project 2012-03-26T14:44:44Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.5/colorado-water-diversions-urban-and-rural Colorado's Front Range and Western Slope communities and farms have always wrangled over the water produced high in the Rocky Mountains. No publisher Sarah Gilman Colorado Front Range growth Colorado water politics Bob Rawlings water supply water rights Pueblo Chieftain water diversions Western Slope Fryingpan-Arkansas project 2012-03-14T19:36:39Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.1/residents-of-montanas-high-plains-are-angry-but-not-at-the-real-threats Though climate change and the economy are the issues threatening their livelihoods, many of the High Plains people are angry at almost everything else. No publisher Joe Wilkins Tea Party farmers High Plains climate change 1980s farm crisis right wing politics global warming rural life Joe Wilkins water supply political anger drought eastern Montana agriculture invasive plants Republicans 2012-02-03T14:16:35Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/when-it-comes-to-importing-water-nothing-seems-too-extreme A new proposal to send Mississippi River water out West is both insane and entirely possible, given the outrageous water schemes of the past. No publisher Craig Rowe Southern Nevada Water Authority Colorado River Basin Western water schemes water supply dams and water projects water rights Mississippi River Pat Mulroy 2011-09-28T22:39:33Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/ice-matters We're not just losing our glaciers; we're unraveling the systems that sustain all life on earth. No publisher Tim Lydon wilderness Climate change Hot Times Alaskan wilderness water supply Sumdum Glacier glaciers climate change 2011-10-10T18:43:42Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.7/federal-budget-deal-slashes-key-community-water-funds Federal budget cuts dry up the funding for crucial community water projects. No publisher Judith Lewis Mernit stimulus funds Atlanta Idaho Water Association Federal budget cuts Steven Meade water supply Drinking Water State Revolving Fund 2011-05-02T14:05:29Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.6/muddy-waters-silt-and-the-slow-demise-of-glen-canyon-dam/siltation-expert-we-need-more-dams George Annandale, a siltation expert, says the West needs more dams to satisfy its thirst. No publisher Paul Larmer silt dams water supply sedimentation Western reservoirs drought 2011-04-12T22:27:43Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.22/californias-tangled-water-politics Will there ever be enough water in California's Bay Delta to satisfy farmers, keep fish alive and quench the thirst of millions of people? No publisher Matt Jenkins CalFed Arnold Schwarzenegger District Delta smelt salmon water supply Central Valley farmers California Bay Delta Accord Endangered Species Act drought Peripheral Canal 2011-02-03T16:01:42Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.18/death-by-a-thousand-wells Unregulated domestic wells are straining water supplies in Washington’s Yakima Valley and throughout the West. No publisher Cally Carswell Kittitas County development permit exempt wells water supply Yakima River Basin domestic wells 2010-02-05T09:04:21Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/40.18/a-good-idea-2013-if-you-can-get-away-with-it Rainwater harvesting is against the law in many Western states, but folks in Utah, Colorado and Washington want to change that. No publisher Peter Friederici water water rights rainwater harvesting rainwater water supply 2010-02-05T10:05:11Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/321/16263 California has a lot to teach the Interior West – particularly about clean energy and water conservation No publisher Paul Larmer Energy Coal Communities in Transition California Rocky Mountains changing communities demographics Californication water use water supply clean energy coal-fired power plants conservation environmental movement pollution air quality Ray Ring Magic Valley Idaho Denver Salt Lak 2010-02-05T09:33:38Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/316/16111 The seven states of the Colorado River Basin have come to a groundbreaking agreement that, among other things, will allow cities such as Las Vegas to lease water from out-of-state farms during times of drought No publisher Matt Jenkins Colorado River Compact water supply Las Vegas Nevada Colorado River Basin Patricia Mulroy drought Southern Nevada Water Authority Gale Norton Lake Mead Lake Powell water leasing farm water groundwater Virgin River Muddy River Imperial Vall 2010-02-05T08:56:56Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/296/15455 The World’s Water 2004-2005, edited by Peter Gleick, is the fourth installment of an annual report that covers water issues that span the globe No publisher Staff Peter Gleick freshwater water supply drinking water water development Pacific Institute for Studies in Development Environment and Security climate change farming conservation sustainability 2010-02-05T09:24:25Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/296/15431 An unusual winter sends ripples through the West's water and wildlife systems, and leaves scientists wondering whether global warming is the cause. No publisher Michelle Nijhuis Science Climate Change Winter global warming climate change rainfall snowpack wolves Yellowstone National Park water supply weather seasons climate variation ski industry Death Valley Kelly Redmond Western Regional Climate Center ski resorts Cascade Mountains R 2010-02-05T09:24:18Z News Article