Climate Drought
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![Collage: dried up reservoir, cows drinking from a water trough, greenhouses with marijuana plants]()
![Collage: dried up reservoir, cows drinking from a water trough, greenhouses with marijuana plants]()
Water thieves abound in dry California. Why are they so hard to catch?
A short-staffed state agency struggles to catch rogue water users.
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![A lake in the shape of an airplane in the middle of untouched nature, illustrating the issue of sustainable travel]()
![A lake in the shape of an airplane in the middle of untouched nature, illustrating the issue of sustainable travel]()
Planning your 2023 travel? Skip these places in order to save them.
With environmental and cultural strains, places like Lake Tahoe could use a break
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![Collage: canyon hills and water reflecting the sky, with watercolor sky and an orange sun; water droplet shapes have been cut out of the water]()
![Collage: canyon hills and water reflecting the sky, with watercolor sky and an orange sun; water droplet shapes have been cut out of the water]()
Tribes in the Colorado River Basin are fighting for their water. States wish they wouldn’t.
Indigenous nations have significant water rights, but many lack the infrastructure to take advantage of them.
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![U.S. Senator Mark Kelly speaks during a campaign event with former President Barack Obama in Phoenix, Arizona.]()
![U.S. Senator Mark Kelly speaks during a campaign event with former President Barack Obama in Phoenix, Arizona.]()
Drought looms over midterm elections in the arid West
Democrats Mark Kelly and Catherine Cortez Masto fought for drought funding. They may both lose their seats.
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![Land that was once under Lake Mead re-emerges as unprecedented drought reduces Colorado River and Lake Mead to critical water levels.]()
![Land that was once under Lake Mead re-emerges as unprecedented drought reduces Colorado River and Lake Mead to critical water levels.]()
Feds to Colorado River states: Reduce water usage, or we will do it for you
The Interior Department outlined a path for unilateral cuts last week, upping the pressure on western states.
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![An aerial image shows various container ships sit in the Mississippi River, to the left is green vegetation and to the right is farm equipment]()
![An aerial image shows various container ships sit in the Mississippi River, to the left is green vegetation and to the right is farm equipment]()
As drought chokes Mississippi River, barges carrying grain shipments have nowhere to go
With no rain forecast until January, farmers are left high and dry.
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The Cochise County Groundwater Wars
A thirsty megafarm is driving a libertarian enclave in Arizona to embrace a radical solution: government regulation.
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![Collage: paperwork, half circle cutouts of water, an oil pumpjack, and a drawn river on top]()
![Collage: paperwork, half circle cutouts of water, an oil pumpjack, and a drawn river on top]()
How a Utah utility is helping an Estonian oil company hoard Colorado River water
$10 for 3.2 billion gallons of water? A loophole in Utah law could enable the country’s first commercial oil mining operation.
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![two people look up at a brown tree during the drought]()
![two people look up at a brown tree during the drought]()
Cities want more trees. Drought is complicating their efforts.
As water resources dwindle, Western communities are investing in new ways to ensure young trees survive.
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![The high water line of Lake Mead near water intakes on the Arizona side of Hoover Dam]()
![The high water line of Lake Mead near water intakes on the Arizona side of Hoover Dam]()
The West’s biggest source of renewable energy depends on water. Will it survive the drought?
Glen Canyon and the Hoover Dam are “not the whole story.”
