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Longtime Vegas water czar warns other cities to brace for climate change
2014-05-01 23:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Patricia Mulroy has been called "the water empress of Vegas. For 25 years, she lead the Southern Nevada Water Authority, the agency responsible for keeping the taps running in a desert metropolis that was growing like the fat guy in the Monty Python skit. As I wrote yesterday, she was a force to be reckoned with. Today, Mulroy`s name evokes a mixture of hatred and admiration among her fellow western water managers, environmentalists, and rural residents who have long opposed her proposal to import...
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