How Colorado towns are trying to get some water certainty
09:33•2024-05-06
Om avsnittet
In Western Colorado, towns and farms are banding together to pay a hundred million dollars for water they don't intend to use. Today on the show, how scarcity, climate change and a first-dibs system of water management is forcing towns, farms and rural residents to get spendy. Related episodes:A watershed moment in the West? (Apple / Spotify) The Amazon, the Colorado River and a price on nature Water in the West: Bankrupt? For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Senaste avsnitten
The Indicator from Planet Money
How the end of Roe is reshaping the medical workforce
2024-07-01 • 9min
The Indicator from Planet Money
Indicators of the Week: Debate Edition
2024-06-28 • 9min
The Indicator from Planet Money
Do polluters pay, or do they get paid?
2024-06-27 • 9min
The Indicator from Planet Money
What's going to happen to the Trump tax cuts?
2024-06-26 • 9min
The Indicator from Planet Money
Tracking the underground bike theft economy
2024-06-25 • 9min
The Indicator from Planet Money
The tower of NVIDIA
2024-06-24 • 9min
The Indicator from Planet Money
Boeing's woes, Bilt jilts, and the Indicator's stock rally
2024-06-21 • 9min
The Indicator from Planet Money
A captive market: The high price of prison phone calls
2024-06-20 • 8min
The Indicator from Planet Money
Invest like a Congress member
2024-06-18 • 9min
The Indicator from Planet Money
Spud spat
2024-06-17 • 9min