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Peter Gleick: Western Governors and new thinking on water

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on June 17, 2009 at 7:50 am

From Peter Gleick’s City Brights blog:

I had the opportunity this week to brief a group of western Governors and Canadian Premiers in Park City, Utah on water challenges and solutions. The trip had many highlights: I saw one of the biggest belt buckles I’ve ever seen (on Governor Otter), the First Dog of Montana (Jag), and a fine shotgun (given as a gift to outgoing Western Governors Association chair Governor Huntsman). During the trip, I also discovered that these leaders seemed not only interested in and concerned about water, but reasonably informed as well.

Water Number: 11. The number of Governors and Premiers from the western U.S. and Canada that attended the water briefing at the Western Governors Association (WGA) meeting. My own Governor, Governor Schwarzenegger, who has not been nearly as well informed on water as he is on climate, was absent.

Let me summarize what I proposed they consider in the coming years:

Which you can read by clicking through to Peter’s blog by clicking here.

June 17, 2009 · Filed Under Climate change & water supply

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