Water war
Two people walk on a sandbar in the Missouri River near Columbia, Mo., amid historically low water levels in October 2022. Officials in Missouri fear that the impact of droughts in the state may be more severe after the completion of a pipeline that would divert water to eastern North Dakota, where the Red River of the North flows into Canada. Photo by Annie Ropeik, Ag & Water Desk.
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Author Mark Twain, a proud son of Missouri, once reportedly mused that “whiskey is for drink…





