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Ann Tenakhongva, right, 62, and her husband, Clark Tenakhongva, 65, sort traditional Hopi corn at their home on First Mesa on the Hopi Reservation in Arizona in late September, 2022. The corn comes from the family's field in the valley between First Mesa and Second Mesa, which Clark had just harvested. The corn is organized on racks to dry out and then stored in cans and bins for years to come. Much of the corn is ground up for food and ceremonial uses. Credit: David Wallace

Corn Nourishes the Hopi Identity, but Climate-Driven Drought Is Stressing the Tribe’s Foods and Traditions

By David Wallace

A Petroleum PR Blitz in New Mexico

By Jerry Redfern, Capital & Main

The Colorado River flows through fields of crops in Southern California. New water conservation plans from the Bureau of Reclamation could use money from the Inflation Reduction act to pay farmers and ranchers to temporarily pause some water use, an effort to boost levels in the nation's largest reservoirs. Credit: Ted Wood/The Water Desk

Feds Will Spend Billions to Boost Drought-Stricken Colorado River System

By Alex Hager, KUNC

On the last day of summer, fall colors contrast with the burnt landscape of the Cameron Peak Fire on Sept. 21, 2021 in Larimer County, Colorado. Credit: RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Western Forests, Snowpack and Wildfires Appear Trapped in a Vicious Climate Cycle

By Bob Berwyn

The Hemenway boat ramp at the marina on Lake Mead, a reservoir on the Colorado River that has dropped significantly. Credit: George Rose/Getty Images

State Tensions Rise As Water Cuts Deepen On The Colorado River

By Aydali Campa

A firefighter from Windsor, California, walks next to a wall of flames as he starts a back fire in tall dry grass while battling the Rocky Fire on July 30, 2015 in Lower Lake, California. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

In the US West, Researchers Consider a Four-Legged Tool to Fight Two Foes: Wildfire and Cheatgrass

By Emma Foehringer Merchant

Stacks emit steam at the Jim Bridger Power Plant Feb. 14, 2001 near Point of Rocks, Wyoming. Credit: Michael Smith/Newsmakers

In a Bid to Save Its Coal Industry, Wyoming Has Become a Test Case for Carbon Capture, but Utilities are Balking at the Pricetag

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Steven Kisiel opens the gate to his 20-acre property in Cochise County, Ariz. on March 1, 2022. When he bought the property over 20 years ago, he didn't expect to have to worry about running water, he said. Credit: Aydali Campa/Inside Climate News

Two Areas in Rural Arizona Might Finally Gain Protection of Their Groundwater This Year

By Aydali Campa

Glen Canyon Dam is seen, behind which are record low water levels at Lake Powell, as the drought continues to worsen on July 2, 2021 near Page, Arizona. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images

As Lake Powell Hits Landmark Low, Arizona Looks to a $1 Billion Investment and Mexican Seawater to Slake its Thirst

By Aydali Campa

A boat navigates the waters Lake Powell on June 24, 2021 in Page, Arizona as severe drought grips parts of the Western United States. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

The West Sizzled in a November Heat Wave and Snow Drought

By Bob Berwyn

TerraPower founder Bill Gates speaks in a recorded video message during a June 2 news conference at the Wyoming state Capitol in Cheyenne, announcing efforts to advance a Natrium reactor demonstration project. “We think Natrium will be a game-changer for the energy industry,” Gates said. “Wyoming has been a leader in energy for over the century and we hope our investment in Natrium will help Wyoming to stay in the lead for many decades to come.” Credit: Michael Cummo/The Wyoming Tribune Eagle

Bill Gates’ Vision for Next-Generation Nuclear Power in Wyoming Coal Country

By Hal Bernton, Seattle Times, and Judy Fahys, Inside Climate News

Rep. John Curtis, R-Utah, speaks during the press conference introducing the Republican Climate Caucus outside of the Capitol on Wednesday, June 23, 2021. Credit: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

Q&A: A Republican Congressman Hopes to Spread a New GOP Engagement on Climate from Washington, D.C. to Glasgow

By Judy Fahys

Sandstone formations are shown here in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument on May 10, 2017 outside Boulder, Utah. Credit: George Frey/Getty Images

Restoring Utah National Monument Boundaries Highlights a New Tactic in the Biden Administration’s Climate Strategy

By Judy Fahys

Ian McCammon, the writer's spouse, rows the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon National Park, here amidst ancient Vishnu schist in May. The trip offers a window into deep time and recent history. The needs of recreational boaters, wildlife, the canyon ecology and water users is part of an ongoing conversation that has been made more contentious because of drought, water shortages and global warming. Credit: Judy Fahys/Inside Climate News

From a Raft in the Grand Canyon, the West’s Shifting Water Woes Come Into View

By Judy Fahys

A Crisis Of Water And Power On The Colorado River

In an aerial view, polygonal blocks of giant desiccation cracks (GDCs), as geologists have dubbed them, are seen near Red Lake on June 28, 2021 north of Kingman, Arizona during an exceptional drought. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images

Drier Springs Bring Hotter Summers in the Withering Southwest

By Judy Fahys

Long time coal miner Billy Griffith pauses while working at a coal prep plant on May 19, 2017 outside the city of Welch, West Virginia. Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

As the US Pursues Clean Energy and the Climate Goals of the Paris Agreement, Communities Dependent on the Fossil Fuel Economy Look for a Just Transition

By Judy Fahys

Phil Harrison views a uranium loading bin left behind from the mining era, which stretched from the 1940s to the 1980s. Credit: Cheyanne M. Daniels/MNS

The US Nuclear Weapons Program Left ‘a Horrible Legacy’ of Environmental Destruction and Death Across the Navajo Nation

By Cheyanne M. Daniels

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