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  "path": "/politics/2026/06/colorado-river-drought-technology-solutions-federal-funding-interior-department/",
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  "site": "https://www.motherjones.com",
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  "textContent": "This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The crisis on the Colorado River is simple: The seven Western states that border the essential waterway use more water than it contains. Chronic overuse has drained its two largest reservoirs, Lake Powell and Lake Mead, and a two-decade drought cycle has […]",
  "title": "The Mighty Colorado Is Vanishing, and the Fixes Are Getting Weird"
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