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Grateful to have a project I care deeply about included in the finalist roundup @CoveringClimate thanks to @azeen and @bubaczery dream editors who helped bring the vision to life.
Water in the American West is a subject that has long fascinated journalists, and rightly so—which is why the bar for publishing something fresh about it is so high. But here, @caitochs & the team at @BuzzfeedN hit that mark. buzzfeednews.com/article/cai… #CCNowAwards
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"What’s clear is that no country is truly prepared for a major climate disaster, and the risks are changing," @peterprengaman writes. "As powerful as extreme weather events have already gotten, much worse is likely to come. It’s basic physics." apnews.com/article/climate-c…
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The dire ‘math problem’ of the Colorado River
I asked Anne Castle how far western states’ leaders are from really addressing the crisis.
Her answer: Nowhere near.
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Today's top Aquafornia stories are from @CourthouseNews’ @ARiquelmy, @kjzzphoenix’s Mark Brodie & @highcountrynews’ @caitochs. See our full #CaWater & #ColoradoRiver rundown at watereducation.org/aquaforni…
Emergency actions for the Colorado River buy time, not solutions. Communities are navigating water shortages while climate change + deadlocked negotiations go unaddressed. My take @highcountrynews: hcn.org/articles/emergency-p… via @highcountrynews
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A shrinking Colorado River is forcing farms to change: "If it wasn’t for that canal coming off the Colorado River, this would just turn to desert." @caitochs @highcountrynews
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John Abernathy, a local independent photographer is detained while covering a demonstration outside the Whipple Federal Building, more than a week after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis. Photo by Tim Evans
If you’re wondering what is going on with today's deadline for Colorado River Negotiations, here’s my update for @highcountrynews about what is at stake, why this round has been so tough, and how it may impact millions that rely on this river. hcn.org/articles/why-colorad…
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Police officers use pepper spray on a demonstrator wearing dervish clothes, during a protest on the day Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was jailed as part of a corruption investigation, in Istanbul, Turkey. Photo by Umit Bektas
Excellent reporting by @DiinSilversmith well worth reading. azmirror.com/2025/03/19/my-d…
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Noor Abdalla, 28, wife of Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil who was detained by ICE, poses for a portrait after an interview with Reuters in New York City. Photo by @caitochs
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Our Colorado River briefing is today at 2! Speakers will cover the river's climate-stressed reservoirs and how federal policy can restore its vitality.
Panel:
💧@caitochs, @NatGeo
💧Brian Richter, @World_Wildlife
💧Jack Schmidt, @USUAggies
RSVP: ow.ly/qlu750V2bLK
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AP White House reporter Darlene Superville is told by a Trump staff person that she is not allowed to board Air Force One at the passenger terminal before U.S. President Donald Trump's departure at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland. Photo by Kevin Lamarque
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AP White House photographer Ben Curtis (C) stands on the tarmac after being told by a Trump staff person that he is not allowed to board Air Force One, at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland. Photo by Kevin Lamarque
Over 8,000 web pages across U.S. gov websites were taken down, NYT analysis found as fed agencies heeded President Trump’s orders. Purges removed info about vaccines, veterans’ care, hate crimes, scientific research and other topics. Doctors and professionals rely on this data.
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Some government agencies appear to have removed entire sections of their websites, while others are missing only a handful of pages. nytimes.com/2025/02/02/upsho…
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Among thousands of pages scrubbed from U.S. Gov websites, USDA ordered to take down pages related to climate change. This directive could affect info for dozens of programs including climate-smart ag initiatives, and Forest Service info for wildfires. politico.com/news/2025/01/31…
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The action comes as funds for clean energy and ag programs remain in limbo amid a federal spending review ordered by the Office of Management and Budget. The Trump admin is pushing to reverse spending from the Inflation Reduction Act, a climate adaptation bill Biden championed
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