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A natural gas well site outside of Hope, in eastern New Mexico. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

New Mexico Looks to Address Increasing Aridity With Brackish and Produced Water. Experts Are ‘Skeptical’

By Wyatt Myskow

Lake Powell at sunrise on September 2, 2022 near Page, Arizona. The light colored "bathtub ring" above the waterline was created underwater before record drought reduced the flow of the Colorado River.

Feds Bet on Paying for Water Conservation to Protect the Colorado River

By Wyatt Myskow

The Central Arizona Project canal runs past homes and new home construction, center right, in the Phoenix suburbs on June 8, 2023 in Peoria, Arizona. The project carries diverted Colorado River water through a 336-mile long system to help serve 80 percent of the population of Arizona. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

As Drought Grips the Southwest, Water Utilities Find the Hunt For More Workers Challenging

By Wyatt Myskow

Mayor Kate Gallego of Phoenix, Arizona appears on a monitor as U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event on extreme heat July 27, 2023 in Washington, DC. During the event Biden announced additional actions to protect communities from the effects of extreme heat. Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images

 Q&A: After its Hottest Summer On Record, Phoenix’s Mayor Outlines the City’s Future

By Wyatt Myskow

Employees of Sunrun, nation's largest rooftop solar installer, carry panels into position in North Las Vegas, Nevada.

Some Rare, Real Talk From a Utility About Competition With Rooftop Solar

By Dan Gearino

Kristen Pogreba-Brown collects data on ticks on the San Carlos Reservation in Arizona. Exposures to these ticks can come from household pets and cause bacterial diseases like Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. Credit: Photo Courtesy of Kristen Pogreba-Brown.

Could ‘One Health’ be the Optimal Approach for Human, Animal and Environmental Health?

By Emma Peterson

Homeless Phoenix resident Michael Soes sits in his tent after missing the bus to a cooling center on July 14, 2023. Today marks the Phoenix area's 15th consecutive day of temperatures exceeding 110 degrees. Record-breaking temperatures continue soaring as prolonged heatwaves sweep across the Southwest. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Phoenix is Enduring its Hottest Month on Record, But Mitigations Could Make the City’s Heat Waves Less Unbearable

By Wyatt Myskow

As the Colorado River Declines, Water Scarcity and the Hunt for New Sources Drive up  Rates

By Wyatt Myskow and Emma Peterson

In an aerial view, ranchers and other participants gather to observe cattle grazing in freshly opened pasture using adaptive grazing at CS Ranch, as they take part in the Soil Health Academy which teaches regenerative agriculture techniques, on June 1, 2022 in Cimarron, New Mexico. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Climate-Smart Cowboys Hope Regenerative Cattle Ranching Can Heal the Land and Sequester Carbon

By Emma Peterson

Aerial view of suburban development named in Chandler, Arizona, featuring lakes, lush golf courses, and water-guzzling lawns. Credit: Wild Horizon/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Arizona Announces Phoenix Area Can’t Grow Further on Groundwater

By Wyatt Myskow

Power lines in Flagstaff, Arizona. Credit: Paul S. Howell/Liaison

SunZia Southwest Transmission Project Receives Final Federal Approval

By Emma Peterson

Steve Turcotte, president and one of the founders of Los Charros Foundation, looks down on his cattle ranch property in the Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness in Winkelman, Arizona, on May 8, 2023. Photo by Emma Peterson for Inside Climate News

Preserving the Cowboy Way of Life

By Emma Peterson

Construction continues on a new section for homes at Festival Ranch on Oct. 24, 2022 in Buckeye, Arizona. Credit: RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Amid Continuing Drought, Arizona Is Coming up With New Sources of Water—if Cities Can Afford Them

By Wyatt Myskow

Saguaro Cactus near Tucson, Arizona. Credit: Carol M. Highsmith/Buyenlarge/Getty Images

Climate Change Wiped Out Thousands of the West’s Most Iconic Cactus. Can Planting More Help a Species that Takes a Century to Mature?

By Wyatt Myskow

Ed Puckett helps operate Toyah's water treatment plant on a volunteer basis. During a tour of the plant in early February, he maintained that the water is safe to drink. Credit: Mitch Borden/Marfa Public Radio

How State Regulators Allowed a Fading West Texas Town to Go Over Four Years Without Safe Drinking Water

By Martha Pskowski

A malfunctioning flare at a tank battery in the New Mexico Permian Basin, photographed on Feb. 6, 2023. Incomplete combustion in a flare, as pictured, generates more emissions. Credit: WildEarth Guardians.

As Enforcement Falls Short, Many Worry That Companies Are Flouting New Mexico’s Landmark Gas Flaring Rules

By Martha Pskowski

David Shifflett, a farmer in Reeves County, parses records of his protests to the Texas Railroad Commission against permits for nearby wastewater injection wells.

Landowners Fear Injection of Fracking Waste Threatens Aquifers in West Texas

By Dylan Baddour, Inside Climate News, with photos by Pu Ying Huang, Texas Tribune  

John Hornewer climbs down the ladder of his tanker as he fills it up to haul water from Apache Junction to Rio Verde Foothills, Arizona, on Jan. 7, 2023. Credit: Getty Images

After Cutting Off Water to a Neighboring Community, Scottsdale Proposes a Solution

By Wyatt Myskow

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