Science Be Dammed How Ignoring Inconvenient Science Drained the Colorado River [Audiobook] [#424958]

English | ASIN: B09SGVNH6P | 2022 | 9 hours and 17 minutes | MP3 | M4B | 256 MB
Science Be Dammed is an alarming reminder of the high stakes in the management - and perils in the mismanagement - of water in the Western United States. It seems deceptively simple: Even when clear evidence was available that the Colorado River could not sustain ambitious dreaming and planning by decision-makers throughout the 20th century, river planners and political operatives irresponsibly made the least sustainable and most dangerous long-term decisions. Eric Kuhn and John Fleck delve into rarely reported early studies, showing that scientists warned as early as the 1920s that there was not enough water for the farms and cities boosters wanted to build.