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Water/Drought

Texas Data Center Developers Play Offense on Water, Claiming Huge Cuts in Usage 

Ahead of next year’s legislative session, lawmakers probe regulators and industry leaders about how data centers operate.

By Arcelia Martin

In Austin, Texas, the Elemental Critical Data Center facility. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images
A photo shows trees lit golden by a mixture of light and fog.

Behind the Scenes: How Climate Change Is Reshaping Forests

By Kiley Price

Water levels in Bruce Mumme’s well dropped below his pump last year, leaving him without access to water for three days while he found a technician to lower his pump, which cost thousands of dollars. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

Corpus Christi Water Crisis Spurs Stampede on South Texas Aquifers

By Dylan Baddour

Crews work in the forest at the site of the Spring Pine Fire near Bastrop State Park on Monday in Bastrop, Texas. Credit: Aaron E. Martinez/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images

This Year’s US Wildfires Have Already Set Records That Could Foreshadow a Smoky, Fiery Summer

By Jake Bolster

People step into the pink water near the Great Salt Lake’s Stansbury Island in Utah on Sept. 9, 2024. Credit: Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

Lessons From Salt Lakes for Making a Home in a Changing World

By Wyatt Myskow

Sunlight glimmers on the Colorado River near Page, Ariz. on Nov. 2, 2022. Credit: Alex Hager/KUNC

Colorado River Negotiations Resume With Focus on Stopgap Measures

Scott Franz, KUNC

Corpus Christi City Manager Peter Zanoni speaks during a City Council meeting on Tuesday. Source: City of Corpus Christi livestream

Corpus Christi Cuts Timeline to Disaster as Abbott Issues Emergency Orders

By Dylan Baddour

Corpus Christi’s largest remaining reservoir, Lake Texana, is currently 55 percent full and projected to hit 30 percent this summer. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

Water Shortage May Hit Corpus Christi Within Weeks

By Dylan Baddour

People spend time on Crissy Field Beach during warm weather in San Francisco on March 11. Credit: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images

Summer in March? Unusual Heat Wave Descends on Already Parched Western U.S.

By Kiley Price

Early morning sunlight hits canyon walls on Lake Powell in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area on July 10, 2025 in Page, Arizona. Lake Powell, a critical Colorado River reservoir, is only at a third of its capacity as drought conditions in the Southwest worsen. Credit: Rebecca Noble via Getty Images

States Blast Federal Playbook of Potential Colorado River Options 

Scott Franz, KUNC

James Dodson is looking at the camera with a serious expression. On the table in front of him are maps and documents. Behind him are windows, the shades open, trees beyond them.

After a Decade of Missteps, a Texas City Careens Toward a Water-Shortage Catastrophe

By Dylan Baddour

Cars drive over the Central Arizona Canal, which delivers Colorado River water to Central and Southern Arizona, on Dec. 19, 2025. Credit: Kayla Bartkowski/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Colorado River Negotiators Are Nearly Out of Time and Snowpack

By Jake Bolster, Wyatt Myskow

An aerial view of burning houses as a wildfire blazes through Concepción, Chile, on Jan. 18. Credit: Guillermo Salgado/AFP via Getty Images

Patagonia Is Burning

By Anika Jane Beamer

Women sit on a sidewalk along the dried-up riverbed of the Zayanderud in Isfahan, Iran, on Dec. 1, 2025. Credit: Hozi/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

Iran’s Regime Has Survived War, Sanctions and Uprising. Environmental Crises May Bring It Down.

By Katie Surma

Cattle are seen at a dairy farm in Cochise County, Arizona, on March 1, 2022. Credit: Aydali Campa/Inside Climate News

Arizona Comes to Agreement With Major Dairy Farm to Cut Groundwater Pumping That Is Draining Wells

By Wyatt Myskow

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes speaks at an election event on Nov. 2, 2024, in Phoenix. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Arizona’s AG Is Clear-Eyed About the State’s Energy Costs and Water Scarcity—but Can It Help Her Win Reelection?

By Wyatt Myskow

Demonstrators attend a Stand Up for Science rally to highlight the critical role of science in public health, environmental stewardship and education at the Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco on March 7. Credit: Gabrielle Lurie/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images

The Year in Climate: Attacks on Science, the Start of Trump’s Second Term and Surging Electricity Demand Foreshadow a Future Filled with Uncertainty

By Dan Gearino, ICN Staff

FloNergia Systems is among the water-focused startup companies in the Sustainable Water Tech Accelerator cohort, a joint project from Chicago manufacturing incubator mHUB and Current. Credit: Courtesy of FloNergia

In the Great Lakes Region, a Push to Grow Water-Focused Startups Amid Federal Funding Uncertainty

By Leigh Giangreco

Early morning sunlight hits canyon walls on Lake Powell in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area on July 10, 2025 in Page, Arizona. Lake Powell, a critical Colorado River reservoir, is only at a third of its capacity as drought conditions in the Southwest worsen. Credit: Rebecca Noble via Getty Images

A River That Millions Rely on for Water Is on the Brink. A Deal to Save It Isn’t.

By Wyatt Myskow, Blanca Begert, Jake Bolster

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