yesterday, the president
Interagency Fire Center i
toward the damage caused
Nearly two million acres
in that state this year.
to dry vegetation from se
president says it's time
facts. We can't continue
Um Barack President Obama
me, I say, you know, real
his way in. Well, you kno
we have a global warming
global warming and it's c
going to happen is things
back to what they were. I
build back to what it was
going to get any better t
can get worse, not better
words aren't exactly matc
climate change according
the Center for Western pr
rick Allah, the executive
wrote this opinion piece
of the Denver Post in it.
not used the full power o
climate change policies.
White House to reform the
leasing program. She says
messaging on climate chan
is ready to auction drill
than 700,000 acres of lan
Wyoming According to the
are already 62,000 Colora
clean energy industry and
electric vehicles on the
But those are far from th
changes the energy indust
order to address climate
the executive director of
Center for Natural Resour
environment says now is t
to take bold action. Clim
some vague distant threat
the build back better, wh
about is really about reb
economy so it's cleaner,
more opportunity now for
change and the effects we
colorado. Here's chief me
The changes that we are s
world are definitely bein
and we've had plenty of o
in recent weeks with the
95°. A matter of fact, fr
1970s to the present time
15 more days Of 90° 95° o
area. Then we had prior t
is due to a warming clima
climate, the increase in
the main driver. We've ha
quality in colorado over
summer from particles of
the western wildfires. An
we'll see even more of th
to come. As more of the r
days are expected across
the pacific Northwest and
as well. All of this is c
in carbon dioxide in our
burning of fossil fuels,
and the heat waves and dr
tropical activity that we
of the world, the shrinki
In a good way to think ab
molecule of carbon dioxid
a feather in a down comfo
energy or terrestrial ene
that, reflecting it outer
dioxide molecule does a l
actually redirects that e
trapping it from going ou
so we've seen about a 2.5
rise that's in degrees Fa
70 years as that carbon d
increase. And with that i
drier conditions, more fi
hot conditions, but also
regular rain storms and t
that also continues out a
part of the country and i
world, we're continuing t
which are in line with wh
told us For decades, we w
world increased cooling d
temperatures above 65° lo
back in the day, we didn'
here in the Denver area a
not only in other parts o
are hotter and more humid
west we're seeing more ho
conditioning because of t
Western wildfire frequenc
many examples of that ove
summer. And basically thi
What do we do about it? A
we take as far as cutting
gases, primarily carbon d
And the choices that are
can determine the curve t
far as additional warming
decades to come. For a de
of climate change. We now
from the World Bank that
that as many as 216 milli
to migrate over the next
intensifying weather cond
is a worst case scenario
policies Researchers say
migration, but actions to
gases close development g
could reduce the number o
80% in the Western US. Th
a lifeline for numerous c
and drier weather caused
has dropped water levels
water managers to declare
shortage on the river, je
climate leaders about how
could get. I got this one
would be an understatemen
and commercial trips that
on cataract canyon take o
but it's the only option
of the Colorado River. It
a vehicle close to the wa
good. You used to be able
the water off this ramp,
completely changed becaus
even supposed to be right
supposed to be way over o
the wall river, scientist
of decades of droughts an
the reservoirs only made
as lake how continues to
I think we're good. The r
seven states in Mexico, w
40 million people are dep
show for every degree C t
Colorado River will lose
projections say that we m
could be 40% of the river
40% out of your paycheck,
make some big changes in
height Utah did you guys
just how truly in the mid
is. And this was once the
Powell, one of the countr
What are the biggest thin
and this body of water? R
levels of Lake Mead and L
together are at about 30%
crisis in water supply ma
Jack Schmitt has been doi
decades but he's never se
low and the problem is wh
are 30% full now there's
means we have few options
use to match inflow is th
have no choice but to do
with this, it's what he s
to supply those who rely
it's not nearly as simple
of changes so drastic tha
it, shake your head and t
get it right. Mike DeHoff
of the returning rapids p
land better than most wer
recover itself like nowhe
His project focuses on do
of the river resources. O
full Lake Powell? And our
the next rapid coming bac
to be? Is it going to be
was? Is it going to look
before? The damn or not?
water have allowed them t
beneath. Part of our retu
We have found cultural si
water and under the mud t
much harder to just casua
we have more water this y
in Lake Powell. What they
pause, right? Because put
Lake Powell means drownin
that have popped out and
refilling lake Powell isn
says there's a better way
holding onto the rivers.
is going away in the colo
back its corridor. How do
to say that? Proud? Yeah.
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