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Seven states utilize the Colorado River water for irrigation and domestic water supplies. It is the sixth longest river in the continental United States, and its watershed covers 8%of the lower 48 states. But climate change is shrinking the winter snowfall in headwaters and is predicted to reduce the river’s flows by 10-30 percent by More

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This content originally appeared on CounterPunch.org and was authored by George Wuerthner.

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