Hydropower at risk as Colorado River outlook grows more dire. The warmest winter on record, coupled with an ongoing drought, has produced dismal conditions for the West’s water lifeline.

Worst drought since dustbowl years. People don’t really understand what follows for many aspects of American life. Wildfires will probably rage across the plains reducing grazing for cattle. There will be insufficient soil moisture to germinate or grow crops. And yet climate change is completely anathema to even discuss in this administration.