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And what the hell here are some great other water-related pieces to check out:
Reveal: The Great Arizona Water Grab (https://revealnews.org/podcast/the-great-arizona-water-grab/)
High Country News: Hay – yes, hay – is sucking the Colorado River dry (https://www.hcn.org/articles/south-colorado-river-hay-yes-hay-is-sucking-the-colorado-river-dry/)
Los Angeles Times: Hay grown for cattle consumes nearly half the water drawn from Colorado River, study finds (https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-03-28/alfalfa-hay-beef-water-colorado-river)
Grist: The very bad math behind the Colorado River crisis (https://grist.org/drought/colorado-river-water-rights-california-arizona-fight/)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Water (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtxew5XUVbQ)
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Special thanks to Teal Lehto for her help on this episode, and also for all of her fantastic videos about water in the Western US. You simply have to check her out: https://www.instagram.com/westernwatergirl/
And another special thanks to Professor Robert Glennon for his help on this episode, and also all his research and articles and books over the years about the water shortage in the Western US: https://robertglennon.net/
And also special thanks to Charlotte Grubb for her help on this episode. You can check out more of her work here: https://x.com/CharlotteGrubb
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