Here for watershed moments. Journalist covering water in the western U.S. Co-director of The Water Desk at the University of Colorado’s Center for Environmental Journalism.
📍 Grand Junction, Colorado
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Luke Runyon
“The purpose of the meeting really is to determine which political levers should be pulled."
Key Republican senators from Utah and Wyoming are figuring out how to leverage their White House relationships to get favorable treatment on the Colorado River: www.eenews.net/articles/key...
🎙️ON AIR
We're talking to @nature.org's Celene Hawkins and environmental journalists @cvonka.bsky.social and @lukerunyon.bsky.social about the record-low water levels in the Colorado River basin and what this drought could mean for California.
❓What are your questions about the drought?
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Love to hear three of my favorite journalists and writers talk about the Colorado River and public lands on the national airwaves!
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The last time Lake Powell was this low in early June was in 1967.
Lyndon Johnson was president. Glen Canyon Dam had been commissioned just the year before. We hadn't even been to the moon yet.
New forecasts are in. Looks like we could be headed for a Wet Hot Colorado Plateau Summer.
The U.S. Supreme Court has adopted a settlement designed to end a long-running feud over management of one of North America’s longest rivers -- the Rio Grande.
This story paints an accurately grim picture of the water crisis out West this year.
Also, I appreciate that more national outlets are using acre-feet in their coverage. Billions and trillions of gallons is pretty meaningless. Acre-feet with context is the way! www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/u...
One thing you often hear on the Colorado River is that when push comes to shove and supplies are scarce the environment ends up being the biggest loser.
Can't think of a better way to show that in practice than this Politico story: www.eenews.net/articles/tru...
I went on @pbsnews.org's Horizons last week to talk about the latest news on the Colorado River, and try not to be a total bummer (which is really hard to do in this very warm, very dry year we're having): youtu.be/39-z063W1WY?...
The Colorado River basin and its two largest reservoirs, Lake Powell and Lake Mead, are facing record-low water levels. We talk with environment journalists about what this could mean here in…
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As Colorado River water levels reach disastrous lows, the administration looks to draw cash from the 2022 climate law it sought to neuter.
