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Nominee for Top Federal Water Role Withdraws Amid Pushback from Some Colorado River States

Longtime Arizona water manager Ted Cooke’s nomination faced pushback from politicians and water officials in other states who feared he would bring bias to the agency’s oversight of the river.

By Alex Hager, KUNC

Water levels sit low in Lake Powell near Bullfrog, Utah, on Sept. 15. Negotiations to manage the shrinking reservoir and the rest of the Colorado River system may be more difficult without federal leadership. Credit: Alex Hager/KUNC

‘No One Comes Out of This Unscathed’: Experts Warn That Colorado River Use Needs Cutting Immediately

By Wyatt Myskow

Emissions are Sparking Increases in African Heat Waves in Unexpected Ways, New Study Finds

By Chad Small

Corpus Christi Folds on Its Desalination Gamble

By Dylan Baddour

Billy Longfellow of the Sipayik Environmental Department explains how the Samaqannihkuk well station works. Credit: Sydney Cromwell/Inside Climate News

Climate Change Worsens Half-Century of Drinking Water Problems for Maine Native Reservation

By Sydney Cromwell

Settlement Signed in Texas v. New Mexico Rio Grande Case

By Martha Pskowski

A view of an industrial harbor off the shores of Lake Superior in Duluth, Minn. Credit: Michael Siluk/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Water Management in Great Lakes States Deserves a Closer Look, Group Says

By Susan Cosier

Amid Tense Negotiations Over the Colorado River’s Future, Arizona Mayors Unite Against ‘Threat’ to State’s Water

By Wyatt Myskow

El Paso’s Heat Is Killing in Record Numbers. It May Only Get Worse

Story by Martha Pskowski, photos by Paul Ratje

A drainage creek near Paul Tomcho’s garden in southeast Ohio overflowed during a massive downpour, knocking down a blueberry net. Tomcho said the ditch grew from 3 to 30 feet wide. Credit: Courtesy of Paul Tomcho

After a Drought Last Year, Ohio Farmers Wished for Rain. Now Downpours Are Destroying Their Crops

By Theo Peck-Suzuki

Grand Canyon Fire Is Now the Largest Burning in the Nation

By Nicholas Kusnetz

In Rural Puerto Rico, Water Systems Depend on Volunteers—and Threatened Federal Grants

By Sarah Mattalian

Southwestern Drought Likely to Continue Through 2100, Research Finds

By Wyatt Myskow

Despite Catastrophic Flooding, Drought Persists in Parts of Central Texas

By Dylan Baddour

Searching for Hidden Fungi in the Sonoran Desert

By Wyatt Myskow

Alabama Environmental Groups Secure Rare Win in Fight to Update Water Toxicity Standards

By Dennis Pillion

Pollution, Not Drought, Prompts Lawn-Watering Ban in Des Moines

By Anika Jane Beamer

In Majority-Black Camp Hill, a Young Mayor Fights for Water

By Lee Hedgepeth

Funding Shortfalls Hamper North Carolina’s Program to Buy Out Hog Farms in or Near Floodplains

By Lisa Sorg

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