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David Hester inspects damage to his house after Hurricane Helene made landfall on Sept. 28 in Horseshoe Beach, Fla. Credit: Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images

The Year in Climate: Record Heat, an Election, a Push for Justice and Reasons for Hope

By Dan Gearino, ICN Staff

Infinity Water Solutions’ mobile unit is used to treat fracking wastewater. Credit: Courtesy of Infinity Water Solutions

New Mexico Lawmakers to Decide Whether Oil and Gas Wastewater Could Be Reused on Wide Scale

By Carrie Klein

A firefighting helicopter flies near as a home burns from the Mountain Fire on Nov. 6 in Camarillo, Calif. Researchers have found areas exposed to high wildfire hazard will double between 2020 and 2070. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images

The Sunbelt’s Growing Population Faces Increasing Climate Hazards

By Wyatt Myskow

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes explains to the media how excessive groundwater pumping in La Paz county is causing ground subsidence in the community on Dec. 11. Credit: Wyatt Myskow/Inside Climate News

In a First, Arizona’s Attorney General Sues an Industrial Farm Over Its Water Use

By Wyatt Myskow

The Jennings Creek wildfire burned over 5,000 acres across New York and New Jersey and took 14 days to contain. Credit: Kena Betancur/Getty Images

New York Isn’t Ready to Fight More Wildfires

By Nathan Porceng, New York Focus

Droughts in Brazil and Vietnam Are Driving up Global Coffee Prices

By Kiley Price

Eric Selinger walks on his property near the Pecos River outside Imperial, Texas on Oct. 8. Credit: Martha Pskowski/Inside Climate News

Can Recycled Oilfield Water Quench the Thirst of Drought-Stricken West Texas?

By Martha Pskowski

Firefighters block off a flooded road as a powerful atmospheric river brings heavy rains and wind to the San Francisco Bay Area on Nov. 22 in Windsor, Calif. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

California Water Experts Prepare for Climate Whiplash

By Liza Gross

The Colorado River flows through El Chausse, a restoration site in northwestern Mexico, on Oct. 26. Environmentalists hope policymakers will keep sending water to these sites after an existing agreement expires in 2026.

In the Dry Colorado River Delta, the Future of These Green Oases Hangs in the Balance

By Alex Hager, KUNC

Brooke Rollins, president of the America First Policy Institute, speaks during an event at the institute on Jan. 28, 2022 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

As American Farms Face More Drought, Storms and Flooding, a New Agriculture Secretary Will Have to Reckon With Climate Change

By Georgina Gustin

An aerial view shows the long-depleted Colorado River as it flows between California and Arizona. An irrigation ditch (right) carries the river water toward Quechan tribal land on May 26, 2023 near Winterhaven, Calif. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Despite Biden Administration Proposals to Address Colorado River Shortages, a Solution Is Far Off

By Wyatt Myskow

Tourists visit the South Rim of the Grand Canyon on Nov. 1, 2022. The Colorado River flows through the literal giant chasm in Arizona. Credit: Alex Hager/KUNC

Colorado River States Are Separated by a ‘Giant Chasm’ in Negotiations

By Alex Hager, KUNC

A woman walks along a flooded street on Nov. 2 in Valencia, Spain, after heavy rain hit large parts of the country. Scientists attributed the unprecedented flooding event to the rise in global average temperatures. Credit: Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images

What the Earth’s Recent Heat Uptick Could Mean for the Climate Fight

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

Republican Kari Lake faces off against Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego in the Arizona Senate Race. Credit: Jim Watson and Rebecca Noble/AFP via Getty Images

In Arizona’s Senate Race, Both Candidates Have Plans to Address Drought. But Only One Acknowledges Climate Change’s Role

By Wyatt Myskow

Márcio Aita Júnior and Senderson Laurido soar over crescent dunes in the Peruvian Sechura Desert using motorized paragliders. Credit: Mike Campbell-Jones

Watching Over a Fragile Desert From the Skies

By Humberto Basilio

A groundwater well is used to irrigate a Cochise County nut orchard in rural Arizona. on March 1, 2022. Credit: Aydali Campa/Inside Climate News

A Rural Arizona Community May Soon Have a State Government Fix For Its Drying Wells

By Wyatt Myskow

Gary Wockner, founder of the nonprofit Save the Colorado, stands in front of Boulder Creek on Oct. 22 in Boulder, Colo. Wockner's group has been fighting an expansion of the Gross Reservoir west of Boulder. Credit: Michael Kodas/Inside Climate News

Federal Court Ruling on a Reservoir Expansion Could Have Big Implications for the Colorado River

By Wyatt Myskow

The Rio Grande winds through the Chihuahuan Desert in far west Texas. Diversions for agriculture and cities have reduced the flow by at least 70 percent compared to historical flow levels. Credit: Omar Ornelas

Holding Out Hope On the Drying Rio Grande

By Martha Pskowski

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