Can a Dam Expansion Hold Back Climate Considerations on the Colorado River?
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Climate change will almost certainly feature prominently in any multi-state litigation over the Colorado River. A court case over an almost-finished dam expansion may decide how. By Wyatt Myskow, Jake Bolster SANTA FE, N.M.—Is climate change enough justification to stop the expansion of a reservoir that will take more water from the dwindling Colorado River?