Michelle Nijhuis

Michelle Nijhuis writes about science and the environment for National Geographic and other publications. She is the co-editor of The Science Writers’ Handbook and a longtime contributing editor of High Country News.

The Abandoned Plan That Could Have Saved America From Drought

The North American Water and Power Alliance was an audacious proposal to divert water to parched western states that would have cost hundreds of billions of dollars and pissed off Canada. But what if it had worked?

Michelle Nijhuis • 7 years ago 7 years ago