Alex Hager
Stories
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Snowflakes, death threats and dollar signs: Cloud seeding is at a crossroads
Cloud seeding is a safe and proven technology widely employed by desert states in the U.S. to increase precipitation. There are new advances, but conspiracy theorists threaten to shut it all down.
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A longtime ski instructor in the Rocky Mountains has made over 130 words for snow
A Colorado ski instructor turns his encyclopedic knowledge of snow into a chart of more than 130 terms, including cold smoke, mashed potatoes and ... screaming lobster!
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Will Trump pay to save the Colorado River? Locals are worried
President Biden helped avert a crisis on the Colorado River by paying farmers and cities $28 million in IRA funds to not take water out of the river. States fear a future without those payments.
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Biden administration urges states to move forward with Colorado River sharing agreement
The seven states that share the Colorado River have a 2026 deadline for a new sharing agreement. The Biden administration this week encouraged them to hurry, in an apparent attempt to limit the incoming Trump administration's influence.
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A small, silver lining to the Colorado River drought
Land re-emerging from dried out reservoirs seems to be thriving with native plants. They're out-competing invasive weeds that are choking the river elsewhere.
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Is federal money doing anything to stop the drying Colorado River?
As talks drag on with California and the six states with which it shares the Colorado River, cities like Phoenix are getting creative with federal funding for water conservation. Maybe too creative.
