ICN Southwest

Tribe and Environmentalists to Sue Feds Over Arizona Mine’s Impacts to Threatened Owls

The BLM and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said no Mexican spotted owls lived near a proposed mine site in Arizona’s Sky Islands when it permitted mineral exploration. Photo evidence shows otherwise.

By Wyatt Myskow

New Mexico’s Time-Honored Irrigation Canals Face Existential Threat

By Tina Deines

Facing Drought and Low Snowpack, Rio Grande States Expect a ‘Challenging’ Year

By Martha Pskowski

As a Plastic Waste Plant Violates Pollution Rules, Its Owner Makes the Case for a Second Location

By James Bruggers

Blasting Begins For Border Wall On Cherished New Mexico Mountain

By Martha Pskowski

Senator Launches Investigation Into Methane Pollution in the Permian Basin

By Phil McKenna

Nation’s First Critical Minerals Mine Nears Approval in Biodiversity Hotspot

By Wyatt Myskow

A New Mexico Religious Pilgrimage Rode a Global Wave Hoping for Ripple Effects for the Environment

By Tina Deines

Summer in March? Unusual Heat Wave Descends on Already Parched Western U.S.

By Kiley Price

States Blast Federal Playbook of Potential Colorado River Options 

Scott Franz, KUNC

Colorado River Negotiators Are Nearly Out of Time and Snowpack

By Jake Bolster, Wyatt Myskow

A Small Oil Company Polluted Midland’s Water Reserve. The Cleanup Has Dragged on for Years.

By Martha Pskowski

Arizona Comes to Agreement With Major Dairy Farm to Cut Groundwater Pumping That Is Draining Wells

By Wyatt Myskow

More Children Are Powering Their Own Wheels to School as Part of ‘Bike Buses’

By Tina Deines

Arizona’s AG Is Clear-Eyed About the State’s Energy Costs and Water Scarcity—but Can It Help Her Win Reelection?

By Wyatt Myskow

The Year in Climate: Attacks on Science, the Start of Trump’s Second Term and Surging Electricity Demand Foreshadow a Future Filled with Uncertainty

By Dan Gearino, ICN Staff

Colorado River Water Is Too Cheap, Particularly for Agricultural Users

By Wyatt Myskow

Arizona Launches Investigation into Proposed Critical Mineral Mine’s Contaminated Water Discharge

By Wyatt Myskow

Utility Asks New Mexico for ‘Zero Emission’ Status for Gas-Fired Power Plant

By Jerry Redfern, Capital & Main