Water/Drought

In Idaho, Water Shortages Pit Farmers Against One Another

This summer, a short-lived curtailment order brought a dispute to a head between farmers irrigating from the Snake River and those dependent on groundwater. Without a long-term plan to share water, the cuts could come back next year.

By Daniel Rothberg

Lithium Critical to the Energy Transition Is Coming at the Expense of Water

By Wyatt Myskow

In the South, Sea Level Rise Accelerates at Some of the Most Extreme Rates on Earth

By Amy Green

New NOAA Initiative Will Provide $60 Million in Funding to Train Workers for Green Jobs

By Ruchi Shahagadkar

Facing Climate Gentrification, an Historic African American Community Outside Charleston, S.C., Embraces Conservation

By Daniel Shailer

The Minnesota Dam That Partially Failed Is One of Nearly 200 Across the Upper Midwest in Similarly ‘Poor’ Condition

By Kristoffer Tigue

First Heat Protection Standards for Workers Proposed by Biden Administration

By Marianne Lavelle

Widespread Flooding in Upper Midwest Decimates Farm Towns

By Nina Elkadi

Q&A: What’s in the Water of Alaska’s Rusting Rivers, and What’s Climate Change Got to Do With it?

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

Effort to Save a Historic Water Tower Put Lead in this North Carolina Town’s Soil

By Lisa Sorg

Billions of Gallons of Freshwater Are Dumped at Florida’s Coasts. Environmentalists Want That Water in the Everglades

By Amy Green

New Mexico Debates What to Do With Oil and Gas Wastewater

By Martha Pskowski

Keeping Stormwater at Bay: a Brooklyn Green Roof Offers a Look at a Climate Resilient Future

By Lauren Dalban

In Brazil’s Semi-Arid Region, Small Farmers Work Exhausted Lands, Hoping a New Government Will Revive the War on Desertification

Story by Giovanna Carneiro and Inácio França, Marco Zero Conteúdo

Q&A: As Temperatures in Pakistan Top 120 Degrees, There’s Nowhere to Run

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

Texas Droughts Are Getting Much More Expensive

By Dylan Baddour, Inside Climate News, and Alejandra Martinez, Texas Tribune

Using Less of the Colorado River Takes a Willing Farmer and $45 Million in Federal Funds

By Alex Hager, KUNC and Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism

Salt in the Womb: How Rising Seas Erode Reproductive Health

By Zoya Teirstein and Mahadi Al Hasnat, Grist

La otra disputa fronteriza es sobre un tratado de aguas de 80 años

By Martha Pskowski