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A man looks out over the Colorado River near Page, Ariz. on Nov. 2, 2022. The seven states that manage the river are divided about how to account for the impacts of climate change in new plans about sharing its water. Credit: Alex Hager/KUNC

Colorado River States Have Two Different Plans for Managing Water. Here’s Why They Disagree

By Alex Hager, KUNC

The Wamme river is seen at a low level during the European heatwave on Aug 10, 2022 in Rochefort, Belgium. Credit: Thierry Monasse/Getty Images

Study Pinpoints Links Between Melting Arctic Ice and Summertime Extreme Weather in Europe

By Bob Berwyn

Wind turbines are seen at sunset in Williamsburg, Iowa on Aug. 14, 2023. Slow wind speeds in the Midwest during warmer months contributed to the decrease in electricity generated from wind farms. Credit: Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Federal Data Reveals a Surprising Drop in Renewable Power in 2023, as Slow Winds and Drought Took a Toll

By Dan Gearino

A swarm of desert locusts flying in Meru, Kenya on Feb. 9, 2021. Credit: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images

Global Warming Could Drive Locust Outbreaks into New Regions, Study Warns

By Bob Berwyn

The sun shines on St. George, Utah on Jan. 25. Washington County's population has quadrupled since 1990, and projections say it could double again by 2050. Credit: David Condos/KUER

How One of the Nation’s Fastest Growing Counties Plans to Find Water in the Desert

By David Condos, KUER

State park visitors walk along a section of the Great Salt Lake that used to be underwater on Aug. 2, 2021 near Magna, Utah. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Utah Legislature Takes Aim at Rights of Nature Movement

By Katie Surma

A ferry boat is seen stranded at the Marina do Davi, a docking area of the Negro River in the city of Manaus, Amazonas State, northern Brazil, on October 16, 2023. The Negro River is facing the worst dry season of the last decades in the Amazon rainforest. Credit: Michael Dantas/AFP via Getty Images

A Historic and Devastating Drought in the Amazon Was Caused by Climate Change, Researchers Say

By Georgina Gustin

Groundwater-fed irrigation of maize in Kabwe, Zambia. Credit: Mark Hughes

Groundwater Levels Around the World Are Dropping Quickly, Often at Accelerating Rates

By Liza Gross

Stagnant water sits below the dry spillway of Falcon Dam in Starr County on Aug. 18, 2022. Credit: Michael Gonzalez/The Texas Tribune

Another Hot, Dry Summer May Push Parts of Texas to the Brink

By Dylan Baddour

The Glen Canyon Dam, photographed in August 2021. Credit: Bureau of Reclamation

Lake Powell Is Still in Trouble. Here’s What’s Good and What’s Alarming About the Current Water Level

By Dan Gearino

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs at the Tempe Center for the Arts on September 28, 2023. Credit: Rebecca Noble/Getty Images

Arizona Governor Vows to Update State’s Water Laws

By Wyatt Myskow

Sandy Van Echo gives her friend's Nubian goat a good-luck kiss before the Arizona State Fair show begins on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. Credit: Emma Peterson

What’s Going On With the Goats of Arizona

By Emma Peterson

Photo illustration by Derek Harrison. Photographs by Marli Miller/UCG/Universal Images Group; Giuseppe Cacace/AFP; Olivier Morin/AFP; Yuan Hongyan/VCG via Getty Images

2023 in Climate News: Did Renewable Energy’s Surge Keep Pace With a Radically Warming Climate?

By ICN Staff

Kyle Roerink, right, leads a hike in the Duck Creek Range, where a pumped storage project is proposed in Ely, Nevada, on Thursday Oct. 5, 2023. Credit: Alex Gould

Pumped Storage Hydro Could be Key to the Clean Energy Transition. But Where Will the Water Come From?

By Wyatt Myskow

Pauly Andy transports people and belonging using an all-terrain vehicles in Newtok, Alaska, where melting permafrost, sinking tundra and flooding disturbed the boardwalks on October 9, 2019. Credit: Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Environmental Justice a Key Theme Throughout Biden’s National Climate Assessment

By Kristoffer Tigue, Georgina Gustin, Liza Gross, Victoria St. Martin

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

Farm workers weigh jalapeño peppers after a day of work in San Francisco de Conchos, Chihuahua in August 2023. Many farm workers in the Delicias region are Rarámuri from the Sierra Tarahumara.

Tensions Rise in the Rio Grande Basin as Mexico Lags in Water Deliveries to the U.S.

By Martha Pskowski, Inside Climate News, photos by Omar Ornelas, El Paso Times    

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