Environmental

Western Water Supply at Risk from Dual Impacts of Oil Shale Development and Climate Change

Cities & farms from Wyoming to Southern California could face water shortages due to oil shale development in the Colorado River Basin and a warming climate

San Francisco, CA00*EBEWSOF(00August 19, 2011.  Thirty million people from Wyoming to Southern California who depend on the Colorado River as a major source of water supply, including farmers who produce 15 percent of our nation’s crops, could face unprecedented water shortages if oil shale development increases in the Colorado…

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