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The ‘Power of Aridity’ is Bringing a Colorado River Dam to its Knees

For the millions of people who depend on Glen Canyon Dam for electricity, drinking water and irrigation of crops, two decades of drought have brought a reckoning.

By Alex Hager, KUNC

Bob Martin, who manages hydropower at Glen Canyon Dam, is grappling with the reality that generators could soon be shut off because of low water levels in Lake Powell. The Colorado River faces a growing supply-demand imbalance, and normal operations at the dam may suffer. Credit: Alex Hager
View along the Patapsco River in downtown Baltimore on April 9, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Credit: Raymond Boyd/Getty Images

Maryland Gets $144 Million in Federal Funds to Rehabilitate Aging Water Infrastructure

By Aman Azhar

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will oversee $126 billion in spending from President Biden's infrastructure bill, using some of the money to "reconnect" communities of color riven by interstate highways, and to build charging stations for EVs. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Five Climate Moves by the Biden Administration You May Have Missed

By Marianne Lavelle, Nicholas Kusnetz

A bridge support pile for the Corpus Christi Harbor Bridge beside Interstate 37 in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Friday, April 2, 2021. Credit: Eddie Seal/Bloomberg via Getty Images

In Corpus Christi’s Hillcrest Neighborhood, Black Residents Feel Like They Are Living in a ‘Sacrifice Zone’

By Aman Azhar

A sign is seen at Colonial Pipeline Baltimore Delivery in Baltimore, Maryland on May 10, 2021. Credit: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

Biden’s Pipeline Dilemma: How to Build a Clean Energy Future While Shoring Up the Present’s Carbon-Intensive Infrastructure

By Marianne Lavelle

President Joe Biden speaks during climate change virtual summit from the East Room of the White House campus April 22, 2021. Credit: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

Biden’s Bet on Electric Vehicles Is Drawing Opposition from Republicans Who Fear Liberal Overreach

By Nicholas Portuondo

President Joe Biden speaks in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on March 31, 2021. Biden will unveiled a $2 trillion infrastructure plan in Pittsburgh. Credit: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

Nine Ways Biden’s $2 Trillion Plan Will Tackle Climate Change

By Marianne Lavelle

Laurie Barr, co-founder of Save Our Steams Pennsylvania, searches abandoned oil wells for pollutants as an old pumpjack stands in the Allegeny National Forest near Marienville, Pennsylvania, on Monday, June 6, 2016. Credit: Chris Goodney/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Biden Takes Aim at Reducing Emissions of Super-Polluting Methane Gas, With or Without the Republicans

By Marianne Lavelle

Property damage after Hurricane Zeta on Oct. 29, 2020 in Chalmette, Louisiana. Credit: Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images

The South’s Communication Infrastructure Can’t Withstand Climate Change

By Bailey Basham

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