The Colorado Sun’s new water reporter, Christ Outcalt, spoke about his new beat with political editor and reporter Jesse Paul. Chris is based in Carbondale and will focus on issues affecting the Colorado River Basin, which millions of people in the southwest rely on for drinking water and their livelihoods. He reported this week that the hot and dry conditions that have gripped the southwestern United States since 2000 account for the driest 22-year period on record stretching back 1,200 years, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change.

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