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#drought — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. Much of the Pacific Northwest watershed continues to see low snow water equivalent levels, especially Oregon and Washington. Drought conditions are impacting water levels and recreation.

    On April 8, the Washington Department of Ecology declared a statewide drought. This is the fourth year in a row that part or all of Washington will be under a drought declaration.

    #Drought #Drought2026 #US #PacificNorthwest

  2. "You've got more people that are living in poverty already and if you get a reduction in crop yields because of drought or flooding [from El Niño] then that drives prices even higher. So we're looking at potentially quite huge humanitarian impacts this year, especially if the crisis in the Middle East continues".

    #Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateChange #ExtremeWeather #Wildfires #Drought #NoPipelines #CostOfLivingCrisis #Polycrisis

  3. In five short weeks, Kevin O’Leary’s Utah version of Wonder Valley has thrown the state into a massive conflict over water, air pollution, heat islands, and the community benefits of AI data centres.

    Throw in questions about property rights, accusations of paid protesters, a mysterious Department of War connection, and a Chinese government interference conspiracy…well, you’ve got a story.

    Here’s my update on how a Canadian celebrity investor has shaken a US state facing a drought and water crisis.

    theenergymix.com/opposition-mo

    #AIdatacentres #AIDataCenters #technology #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #sustainability #AIhyperscalers #WonderValleyAlberta #Stratos #WonderValleyUtah #GreatSaltLake #drought #water

  4. In five short months, Kevin O’Leary’s Utah version of Wonder Valley has thrown the state into a massive conflict over water, air pollution, heat islands, and the community benefits of AI data centres.

    Throw in questions about property rights, accusations of paid protesters, a mysterious Department of War connection, and a Chinese government interference conspiracy…well, you’ve got a story.

    Here’s my update on how a Canadian celebrity investor has shaken a US state facing a drought and water crisis.

    theenergymix.com/opposition-mo

    #AIdatacentres #AIDataCenters #technology #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #sustainability #AIhyperscalers #WonderValleyAlberta #Stratos #WonderValleyUtah #GreatSaltLake #drought #water

  5. In five short months, Kevin O’Leary’s Utah version of Wonder Valley has thrown the state into a massive conflict over water, air pollution, heat islands, and the community benefits of AI data centres.

    Throw in questions about property rights, accusations of paid protesters, a mysterious Department of War connection, and a Chinese government interference conspiracy…well, you’ve got a story.

    Here’s my update on how a Canadian celebrity investor has shaken a US state facing a drought and water crisis.

    theenergymix.com/opposition-mo

    #AIdatacentres #AIDataCenters #technology #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #sustainability #AIhyperscalers #WonderValleyAlberta #Stratos #WonderValleyUtah #GreatSaltLake #drought #water

  6. In five short months, Kevin O’Leary’s Utah version of Wonder Valley has thrown the state into a massive conflict over water, air pollution, heat islands, and the community benefits of AI data centres.

    Throw in questions about property rights, accusations of paid protesters, a mysterious Department of War connection, and a Chinese government interference conspiracy…well, you’ve got a story.

    Here’s my update on how a Canadian celebrity investor has shaken a US state facing a drought and water crisis.

    theenergymix.com/opposition-mo

    #AIdatacentres #AIDataCenters #technology #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #sustainability #AIhyperscalers #WonderValleyAlberta #Stratos #WonderValleyUtah #GreatSaltLake #drought #water

  7. In five short months, Kevin O’Leary’s Utah version of Wonder Valley has thrown the state into a massive conflict over water, air pollution, heat islands, and the community benefits of AI data centres.

    Throw in questions about property rights, accusations of paid protesters, a mysterious Department of War connection, and a Chinese government interference conspiracy…well, you’ve got a story.

    Here’s my update on how a Canadian celebrity investor has shaken a US state facing a drought and water crisis.

    theenergymix.com/opposition-mo

    #AIdatacentres #AIDataCenters #technology #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #sustainability #AIhyperscalers #WonderValleyAlberta #Stratos #WonderValleyUtah #GreatSaltLake #drought #water

  8. @SunnJax

    Was wondering how you would be with the map this week, after your snow.

    Ours here in NC no longer show a region of "exceptional" over Charlotte, but the "extreme" is now covering a much larger area.

    (See sunnjax's post for the link to the site)
    #Drought #NCwx

  9. @SunnJax

    Was wondering how you would be with the map this week, after your snow.

    Ours here in NC no longer show a region of "exceptional" over Charlotte, but the "extreme" is now covering a much larger area.

    (See sunnjax's post for the link to the site)
    #Drought #NCwx

  10. @SunnJax

    Was wondering how you would be with the map this week, after your snow.

    Ours here in NC no longer show a region of "exceptional" over Charlotte, but the "extreme" is now covering a much larger area.

    (See sunnjax's post for the link to the site)
    #Drought #NCwx

  11. @SunnJax

    Was wondering how you would be with the map this week, after your snow.

    Ours here in NC no longer show a region of "exceptional" over Charlotte, but the "extreme" is now covering a much larger area.

    (See sunnjax's post for the link to the site)
    #Drought #NCwx

  12. @SunnJax

    Was wondering how you would be with the map this week, after your snow.

    Ours here in NC no longer show a region of "exceptional" over Charlotte, but the "extreme" is now covering a much larger area.

    (See sunnjax's post for the link to the site)
    #Drought #NCwx

  13. Slight improvement from last week’s rain/snowstorm, but 100% drought continues. 🏜️

    US Drought Monitor: droughtmonitor.unl.edu

    #cowx #drought #Colorado

  14. Slight improvement from last week’s rain/snowstorm, but 100% drought continues. 🏜️

    US Drought Monitor: droughtmonitor.unl.edu

    #cowx #drought #Colorado

  15. Slight improvement from last week’s rain/snowstorm, but 100% drought continues. 🏜️

    US Drought Monitor: droughtmonitor.unl.edu

    #cowx #drought #Colorado

  16. Slight improvement from last week’s rain/snowstorm, but 100% drought continues. 🏜️

    US Drought Monitor: droughtmonitor.unl.edu

    #cowx #drought #Colorado

  17. Slight improvement from last week’s rain/snowstorm, but 100% drought continues. 🏜️

    US Drought Monitor: droughtmonitor.unl.edu

    #cowx #drought #Colorado

  18. `

    Last year, the total water used (plus water lost to evaporation) was 3 million acre-feet more than what the river actually carried. That’s possible because the region is drawing heavily from the Colorado’s giant reservoirs, where water levels are dropping.

    '
    #drought
    #climatecrisis
    link.latimes.com/view/6532a698

  19. U.S. Drought Monitor May 14, 2026

    For the 50 states and Puerto Rico, the U.S. Drought Monitor shows 51.35% in moderate drought or worse, compared to 50.9% last week.

    #DroughtMonitor #Drought #Drought2026

  20. On Mark Carney's proposed changes to the law (which would allow him to rubber-stamp approval of long-route pipelines before any impact assessments can be completed):

    “It’s going to result in a lack of trust, it’s going to result in protests and it’s going to result in lawsuits (…). And that’s going to be a lot slower and it’s going to be a lot more divisive.”

    ipolitics.ca/2026/05/12/former

    #Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #ClimateBreakdown #NoPipelines #ExtremeWeather #Wildfires #Drought

  21. Wyoming Ranchers Selling Off Cattle As Drought Tightens Grip Across State

    Wyoming’s largest livestock marketing company sold 9,000 head of cattle in a special drought sale on May 13 when it typically sells 400-700 head a week. Grass is scarce, and feed supplies are tightening.

    #drought #cattle #Wyoming

    cowboystatedaily.com/2026/05/1

  22. Concentrated rainfall in heavier storms reduces landscape moisture retention, driving global aridification regardless of total annual precipitation

    A new study published in Nature finds that rainfall concentrated in heavier storms reduces overall landscape moisture retention, regardless of total annual precipitation.

    newsnews.ai/article/concentrat

    #ClimateChange #Precipitation #Drought

  23. US grocery prices rose in April, but gas spikes weren’t the only reason

    Prices for food eaten at home rose 2.9% in April compared to the same month a year earlier, according to government figures released Tuesday. That was the highest year-over-year inflation rate for the category since August 2023.

    High gasoline prices led vendors to tack on fuel surcharges recently. Aside from fuel costs, trade policies and extreme weather like drought have also sent prices higher.

    #drought #FoodPrice #CPI

    apnews.com/article/consumer-pr

  24. USDA Projects Smallest US Wheat Harvest Since 1972 Due to Plains Drought

    USDA forecasts historic wheat lows and record soybean gains amid drought, trade tensions, and rising input costs for the 2026/27 season.

    #drought #wheat #soybean

    agweb.com/news/usda-projects-s

  25. Northern Florida and southern Georgia have experienced an unusually severe wildfire season this spring. Burning restrictions were in place for recreational areas in the South, as well as parts of the West, in April.

    Read more in the April drought impacts summary: go.unl.edu/boei

    #drought #drought2026 #USA #April2026

  26. By the end of April, large swaths of the South and Southeast U.S., as well as portions of the southern and central Great Plains and West, were experiencing drought.

    Read more in the April drought climate summary: go.unl.edu/0opa

    #drought #drought2026 #USA #April2026

  27. Widespread Record US Drought Threatens Rural Livelihoods and Food Affordability

    About 61 percent of the continental United States is in some stage of drought as of May 5, especially concentrated in the Southeast, High Plains and Western regions. The 2026 drought has already contributed to an intense early wildfire season and very low surface and shallow groundwater levels in many parts of the country. Now it threatens to collide with the ongoing impacts of the Trump administration’s misguided tariffs and dangerous, illegal war against Iran (which has driven up the costs of fertilizers and energy), to further increase food prices and hurt people’s livelihoods and pocketbooks.

    #drought #FoodPrices #fire #water

    blog.ucs.org/rachel-cleetus/wi

  28. The drought brings fewer mosquitoes, but not fewer risks :: WRAL.com

    The drought Brings Fewer Mosquitoes, but Not Fewer Risks in North Carolina In a typical North Carolina summer,…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #Drought #mosquitoes #Science #water #WRALspecialists
    newsbeep.com/us/634029/

  29. The drought brings fewer mosquitoes, but not fewer risks :: WRAL.com

    The drought Brings Fewer Mosquitoes, but Not Fewer Risks in North Carolina In a typical North Carolina summer,…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #Drought #mosquitoes #Science #water #WRALspecialists
    newsbeep.com/us/634029/