Alex Hager
speaker
413 appearances
65 recordings
1 series
first heard Jun 2025
last heard 11 Sep
Alex Hager’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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which are likely to bear the brunt of cutbacks.
For NPR News, I'm Alex Hager in Phoenix.
The last time there was this little water stored along the Colorado River, Lake Powell hadn't even been built yet.
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Jack Schmidt directs the Center for Colorado River Studies at Utah State University.
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Schmidt said Western policymakers aren't doing enough to turn things around.
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He compared current negotiations over sharing the Colorado River to a bus careening toward a cliff, with state policymakers arguing about who should steer rather than hitting the brakes.
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The federal government is expected to release new rules for managing water as soon as next week.
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For NPR News, I'm Alex Hager in Phoenix.
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The last time there was this little water stored along the Colorado River, Lake Powell hadn't even been built yet.
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Jack Schmidt directs the Center for Colorado River Studies at Utah State University.
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Schmidt said Western policymakers aren't doing enough to turn things around.
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He compared current negotiations over sharing the Colorado River to a bus careening toward a cliff, with state policymakers arguing about who should steer rather than hitting the brakes.
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The federal government is expected to release new rules for managing water as soon as next week.
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For NPR News, I'm Alex Hager in Phoenix.
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The latest data from the Federal Bureau of Reclamation shows that water could fall below the intakes for hydropower turbines as soon as February.
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The reservoir sits in Utah and Arizona.
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It's now less than a quarter full after more than 20 years of drought and climate change have sapped the Colorado River.
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Humans have struggled to rein in demand accordingly.
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An added boost of water from upstream reservoirs helped prop up Lake Powell in the early summer, but the benefits of that extra water are running out.
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Negotiators from the seven western states that use the river can't agree on a plan to use less water.
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