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As Lake Powell dries up, the US turns to creative accounting for a short-term fix
A new agreement calls for Western states to leave their drinking water in the reservoir — and act as if they didn't.
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How a Nebraska ethanol plant turned seeds into toxic waste
State regulators shuttered the AltEn plant in 2021 after years of environmental violations. Residents are just beginning to grapple with its toxic legacy.
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As utility-scale renewables expand, some Midwest farmers are pushing back
Rural communities are concerned about losing agricultural land in a region long-defined by its farming roots.
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A California water board assured the public that oil wastewater is safe for irrigation. Experts say evidence is flimsy.
Studies in Kern County, performed by oil industry consultants, cannot answer fundamental safety questions about irrigating crops with “produced water,” the board’s own panel of experts conceded.
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The country’s largest potash mine is coming to Michigan. Here’s why locals are worried.
The war in Ukraine has the U.S. looking for fertilizer at home. But at what cost?
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Midwestern lawmakers are trying to replace Russian oil with ethanol
Advocates of increased ethanol sales argue that it could lower fuel prices and help the climate. Both counts are hotly contested.
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There are millions of acres of ‘failing’ rangelands, data shows
54 million acres of federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management aren’t meeting the agency’s own land-health standards.
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Peak cherry blossom season in Washington, D.C. is early again
The harbinger of spring brings joy, but also growing unease over climate change
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Can cloud seeding help quench the thirst of the US West?
In the midst of a historic megadrought, states in the American West are embracing cloud seeding to increase snow and rainfall.
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A tribe in Maine is using hemp to remove ‘forever chemicals’ from the soil
Can it work for PFAS-contaminated farms?