Colorado
Supreme Court settles water dispute over dwindling Rio Grande from Colorado to Texas
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. | The U.S. Supreme Court has approved a settlement package designed to rein in groundwater pumping along one of North America’s longest rivers and ensure enough water reliably makes it from New Mexico to Texas, ending a long-running dispute over management of the Rio Grande. In a brief order Tuesday, the court accepted […]
LETTER: Reality reveals that Aurora Water not the bad guy as Rep. Carter insists
Editor: In a May 7 Aurora Sentinel opinion column, Aurora House District 36 Rep. Michael Carter took the City of Aurora to task for buying water rights from farmers. Rep. Carter aptly noted increased labor costs, and that small farmers are “under enormous pressure from historic low commodity prices, rising input cost from tariffs,” but […]
Wildfire-prone Western states are using AI for early detection, including in Aurora
On a March afternoon, artificial intelligence detected something resembling smoke on a camera feed from Arizona’s Coconino National Forest. Human analysts verified it wasn’t a cloud or dust, then alerted the state’s forest service and largest electric utility. One of dozens of AI cameras installed for the utility Arizona Public Service had spotted early signs […]
Wildfire-prone Western states are using AI for early detection, including in Aurora
On a March afternoon, artificial intelligence detected something resembling smoke on a camera feed from Arizona’s Coconino National Forest. Human analysts verified it wasn’t a cloud or dust, then alerted the state’s forest service and largest electric utility. One of dozens of AI cameras installed for the utility Arizona Public Service had spotted early signs […]