With the Rio Grande drying up near Albuquerque, irrigators may need to stop diverting water to honor the Pueblos' senior water rights. This curtailment has not happened since the 1980s.
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In an ongoing effort to address climate change, the Biden administration in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, announced plans to reforest 4 million acres of national forests and to...
Arizona non-profit challenges alleged non-use of Utah water right
The Grand Canyon Trust, an Arizona non-profit, is protesting a surface water right in Utah, claiming lack of beneficial use by Deseret Power. The power cooperative says it has no obligation to use...
The Salt River Project, a community-based, not-for-profit public power utility in Arizona, was awarded Climate Registered™ Platinum Status, making it the first electric utility in the nation to...
A fire at the A5 transformer at Hoover Dam was extinguished within half an hour. The cause is under investigation.
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