Por: Los Angeles Times Nation February 18, 2023
The desiccation of the Colorado River has left Lake Powell, the country’s second-largest reservoir, at just 23% of capacity, its lowest level since it was filled in the 1960s. With the reservoir now just 32 feet away from minimum power pool — the point at which Glen Canyon Dam would no longer generate power for six states — federal officials are studying the possibility of overhauling the dam so that it can continue to generate electricity... + full article
Newsweek USA Tech February 23, 2023
The decline of Lake Powell is revealing the long-lost landscape of the Glen Canyon.Lake Powell—which sits on the Colorado River in Utah and Arizona—is a man-made reservoir formed by the Glen Canyon Dam.It was formed in 1964. The reservoir, which is the second largest in the... + más
Lake Powell water levels hit historic low. What happens now? | Newsweek
Lake Powell before and after the drought | Newsweek
Life in the southwestern U.S. as we know it exists thanks to the water of the Colorado River, which flows for approximately 1,450 miles from the Rockies to the Gulf of California.The river gets its water from the Colorado River drainage basin, which spreads some 246,000 square... + más
Opinion: California and its neighbors are at an impasse over the Colorado River. Here's a way forward | Los Angeles Times
Is the Colorado River rising? | Newsweek
Newsweek USA Tech February 18, 2023
The Hoover Dam, standing 726.4 feet tall, is one of the greatest feats of American engineering—and one of its most important. The dam formed Lake Mead, the largest man-made reservoir in the U.S., which irrigates 1,500,000 acres of land and provides water to over 16,000,000... + más
Why was the Hoover Dam built? | Newsweek
Is Lake Mead filling back up? | Newsweek
Newsweek USA Tech February 14, 2023
The Hoover Dam is the most-famous such example in North America, and for good reason. Built between 1931 and 1936 during the Great Depression, the project was truly a feat of engineering for the time.Standing 726 feet high, and 1,244 feet long, the dam—in the Black Canyon of... + más
What happens if Lake Mead hits dead pool and Hoover Dam stops working? | Newsweek
Maine Voices: Kennebec River dam debate hijacked by red herring | Portland Press Herald
Newsweek USA Tech February 01, 2023
The Colorado River is one of the most important waterways in the Southwestern United States. But its levels are rapidly declining and are at the lowest they have been in a century.The river starts in Colorado's Rocky Mountains and flows all the way down to the Gulf of... + más
What happens if Lake Powell becomes a dead pool? | Newsweek
Why is the Colorado River drying up? | Newsweek
Newsweek USA Nation September 26, 2022
Lightning strikes have been captured sweeping over the Grand Canyon in dramatic monsoon sunset footage.The video captured by Rader Lane and posted by the National Park Service (NPS) shows a thunderstorm sweeping the landscape of the Grand Canyon. The footage was captured near... + más
Monaco Grand Prix stays for 2023; Vegas race confirmed for a Saturday | ABC News
Monaco stays until 2025; Vegas GP on a Saturday | ESPN
Portland Press Herald USA Opinion September 26, 2022
There has been a fair amount of news in Maine lately about dams on the Kennebec River; how fish can be restored to the upper river, and the fear of the impact removing the Shawmut Dam would have . The issue of the removal of the Shawmut Dam and impacts on the Sappi mill has been... + más
50 years after the Clean Water Act, the Androscoggin River has changed dramatically | Portland Press Herald
Summit customers will see bills double as natural gas supply costs more | Portland Press Herald
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