Items Tagged with 'Colorado River'

Lower Colorado River water leaders are pitching a new plan to stave off the threat of low water levels at key Colorado River reservoirs for the next two years while state officials continue negotiations over the best way to manage the river’s supplies beyond 2026. 

States remain gridlocked over the best way to manage the Colorado River’s water supplies beyond 2026, but face a ticking clock in negotiations as a February deadline approaches. 

The Bureau of Reclamation has released an environmental analysis of several options for post-2026 Colorado River guidelines as the states that share the river continue tense negotiations over its future. 

House Agriculture Committee Chair Glenn “GT” Thompson, R-Pa., is taking issue with suggestions that the days of full, five-year farm bills may be over.

A Commerce Ministry spokesperson refused to confirm that Chinese purchase commitments of U.S. soybeans were part of a trade deal agreed to late last month.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the U.S. could extend its tariff truce if China delays implementing expanded export controls on rare earth minerals.

President Donald Trump says he will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping multiple times in the coming months.

The Bureau of Reclamation will remain without a leader for the foreseeable future after politics allegedly sank the nomination of former Arizona water official Ted Cooke, leaving the agency rudderless as it arbitrates tense negotiations over a future framework for Colorado River water cuts.