Climate change adds to Mississippi’s toll

Bloomberg: The Mississippi River is one of many US rivers under stress. For the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, whose lands straddle the North and South Dakota border, river water means drinking supplies. For Illinois farmers, it's irrigation for their crops. Rivers also power hydro-electric plants, provide recreation for boaters and give coal companies inexpensive access to export markets with barges to New Orleans. Balancing these competing demands on the nation's water resources has never been easy. Global......

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