Sen. Bennet warns of 'five-alarm crisis for the American West'
Something will happen on Capitol Hill today for the first time since 2013.
No, the 117th Congress is not on track to be one of the least productive in the nation's history, although its detractors can debate that point. Rather, the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Climate, Forestry and Natural Resources is holding its first hearing in nine years — and it's zeroing in on a worsening crisis fueled by climate change.
The hearing, convened by Sen. Michael F. Bennet (D-Colo.), will examine the drought parching the American West, which scientists say has been turbocharged by rising global temperatures.
“This is a five-alarm crisis for the American West,” Bennet plans to say in his opening statement, which was exclusively provided to The Climate 202 ahead of the hearing.
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From Google:
Hoover Dam generates, on average, about 4 billion kilowatt-hours of hydroelectric power each year for use in Nevada, Arizona, and California - enough to serve 1.3 million people. From 1939 to 1949, Hoover Powerplant was the world's largest hydroelectric installation; today, it is still one of the country's largest.
With a total capacity of 1,320 megawatts, Glen Canyon Powerplant produces around five billion kilowatt-hours of hydroelectric power annually which is distributed by the Western Area Power Administration to Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, and Nebraska.
Hoover dam created Lake Mead & Glen Canyon dam created Lake Powell. It took 17 years for Lake Powell to fill.
