Behind the historic deal to save the Colorado River
Amanpour
CNN
4.1 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2023
⏱️ 55 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to Amman Four. Here's what's coming up. |
| 0:08.0 | This is the largest conservation agreement in the history of the Colorado River. |
| 0:14.4 | A landmark deal to stop the Colorado River from running drive and protect water access for millions |
| 0:20.4 | of Americans. |
| 0:21.7 | But experts warn it likely won't be enough. |
| 0:24.5 | Governor of Wyoming Mark Gordon tells me about how his state is trying to save this |
| 0:29.7 | vital resource. And this bill is not perfect we want to see it get closer to the time a |
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| 1:34.8 | Christian Amunfor. We begin in the Western US where a landmark deal to protect one of |
| 1:39.6 | the country's most important waterways has finally been reached. The Colorado River serves more than 40 million |
| 1:45.6 | Americans across multiple states but it's drying up at an alarming rate. This is |
| 1:51.2 | what its largest reservoir looked like last year. |
| 1:54.0 | Drought, overuse, and climate change are largely to blame. |
| 1:58.0 | Now in the New Deal, the lower basin states, |
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