Did you know that we are experiencing a 20-year drought in our Southwest?  Did you know that Lake Mead is quickly going dry and that it may be as soon as next year that the iconic Hoover Damn may no longer be producing electricity or allowing the Colorado River to flow downstream?  If we hadn’t spent nearly a billion dollars in 2015 to put a third “straw” in Lake Mead to suck out the water, we’d be in that situation today.  Life for 40 million people in the region will soon change drastically.  Understand that 80% of that water goes toward agriculture.  Without that water, we are facing a food shortage and crisis that will make today’s inflated food prices look dirt cheap. 

“They knew this was a problem, and they elected to kick the can down the road.  They knew better, and they did it anyway.”

— Brad Udall, water and climate scientist

We have lost ground in our battle with climate change and must now deal with the consequences sooner than we might have needed to.  Colorado is expected to lose half its snowpack by 2080 – alongside Utah and Wyoming – with a shift toward an ecosystem resembling Arizona.  We don’t have much time before this crisis reaches a tipping point – and our “environmental advocate” Representative is doing nothing.  To prevent a legal nightmare, we need our Representatives engaged.

Original source can be found here.