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Water Shortages and the Colorado River

Water Shortage Declaration Good Start to Long-Standing Problem
Last August, NPG discussed the precarious state of the Colorado River in an email to members and supporters. A year later, on August 16, 2021, the Bureau of Reclamation officially declared a water shortage on the historic waterway. This water shortage produces many environmental problems,

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The New York Times’ Readers Want to Re-Write the Paper’s Gloomy Narrative on Population Decline

The New York Times can make a claim to be the nation’s most influential newspaper. With over 5 million subscribers, it has wide influence not only on the decisions of policymakers, but in setting cultural trends and serving as a weathervane for its readership, which skews younger than other print media. 91% of Times readers are Democrats, vs. 7% who are Republican.1
Although the paper’s famous slogan is “All the News That’s Fit to Print,” there are some perspectives which…

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New UN Report Outlines Troubled Future for the Planet

Climate Change continues to destroy our fragile planet, according to a new report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.  Sadly, the findings of this new report are no better than the last assessment by this panel, consisting of 195 governments.  More than 14,000 peer-reviewed studies were analyzed in order to develop the full report, according to a …

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Water Crisis in the West: One Community’s Rise to Face Water Challenges

The Effects of Summer’s Relentless Drought in Healdsburg, California In California, in the middle of wine country, there is a city named Healdsburg. With a population of 11,845, this Sonoma County community has taken new measures to ensure responsible, sustainable usage of the area’s extremely limited water supply. In a statement released by the city, they explain the urgency of …

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