Colorado River: Intensifying Drought and No Time for a Deal (Repeat)

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23

PROGRAM #10936 11:00 AM PT 

Colorado River: Intensifying Drought and No Time for a Deal.  

This winter, the return of La Niña is expected, bringing warmer and drier conditions to the southwestern United States, further worsening the drought in the West. Several states are preparing for deeper cuts to their Colorado River water supply, as time runs out for the seven basin states to reach an agreement on how to manage and share the river that provides water to 40 million people. What can we expect this winter? Which regions and communities will be hit hardest? What proposals are on the table? How likely is it that a consensus will be reached? This is a repeat broadcast, originally aired on September 23, 2025, ahead of the International Day of Climate Action.

Guests: Rosa Luna-Niño, Postdoctoral Researcher, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, Lead Author of “Heresy in ENSO Teleconnections: Atmospheric Rivers as Disruptors of Canonical Seasonal Precipitation Anomalies in the U.S. Southwest”, San Diego, CA; Sylvia Lara Montenegro, Co-founder, Coachella Valley Housing Coalition, Coachella, CA; Orestes Morfin, Senior Planning Analyst, Central Arizona Project, Phoenix, AZ.

Photo: Bureau of Reclamation/Flickr

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