Ocean pollution is closing beaches, emergency water cuts are being urged for the Colorado River and a climate change conference ends with little apparent progress
News about the environment rarely is good these days, but a string of grim developments locally, regionally and internationally cast a particular pall over the otherwise sunny arrival of summer.
But timing isn’t on anybody’s side. Potential border pollution solutions are still years off, while the worsening climate change effects that are shrinking the Colorado River supply and threatening the globe are coming on fast. Frequently closed beaches over the summer could be devastating to the economy and the way of life in both coastal cities.has resulted in deep cuts from the Sacramento River Delta water flowing through the State Water Project. San Diego takes little, if any, water from that system and has relied on the seemingly secure Colorado River, the source of more than half of the region’s water. Water from desalination, recycling and local sources make up the rest of the region’s supply.
“The Colorado River Basin faces greater risks than any other time in our modern history,” Tanya Trujillo, the Interior Department’s assistant secretary for water and science, said during a speech Thursday,Officials are now talking about what was once unthinkable: That Lake Mead could become a “The Bonn Climate Change Conferenceat a summit in late 2021. Even that agreement has come under criticism for not going far enough.were advanced, but not everyone was satisfied with where things stood.
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