Amazon wants to help the Colorado River, but we still don’t know how much water the company uses
Amazon has a goal of becoming water positive — replenishing more water than it uses — by the end of the decade. The waterway has faced “unprecedented” drought over the last 26 years, according to the US Bureau of Reclamation. Decades of overuse on top of human-caused climate change have exacerbated the problem.
- ▪Amazon has a goal of becoming water positive — replenishing more water than it uses — by the end of the decade.
- ▪The waterway has faced “unprecedented” drought over the last 26 years, according to the US Bureau of Reclamation.
- ▪Decades of overuse on top of human-caused climate change have exacerbated the problem.
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