Water/Drought
The Fate of Thousands of US Dams Hangs in the Balance, Leaving Rural Communities With Hard Choices
By Madeline Heim, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Baltimore Is Investing in Wetlands Restoration, a Climate Line of Defense
By Aman Azhar
New Study Finds Lakes in Minority Communities Across the US Are Less Likely to be Monitored
By Lydia Larsen
A Thousand Lives Lost, and Millions Disrupted, by Flooding in Western Africa
Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth
Can Mississippi Advocates Use a Turtle To Fight a Huge Pearl River Engineering Project?
By Illan Ireland, Mississippi Free Press and Elise Plunk, Louisiana Illuminator
Midwest States Struggle to Fund Dam Safety Projects, Even as Federal Aid Hits Historic Highs
By Kristoffer Tigue
California Ballot Asks Voters to Invest in Climate Solutions
By Liza Gross
New Study Suggests Major Climate Reports May Be Underestimating Drought Risks
By Bob Berwyn
Alabama Environmental Group, Fishermen Seek to End ‘Federal Mud Dumping’ in Mobile Bay
By Dennis Pillion
The Key to Fix California’s Inadequate Water Storage? Put Water Underground, Scientists Say
By Caroline Marshall Reinhart
Another Midwest Drought Is Causing Transportation Headaches on the Mississippi River
By Kristoffer Tigue
Lake Powell Plumbing Will Be Repaired, but Some Say Glen Canyon Dam Needs a Long-Term Fix
By Alex Hager, KUNC
‘Weather Whiplash’ Helped Drive This Year’s California Wildfires
By Caroline Marshall Reinhart
Customers Sue an Arizona Water District Amid Drought and Surging Demand
By Wyatt Myskow
As Climate Threats to Agriculture Mount, Could the Mississippi River Delta Be the Next California?
By Cassandra Stephenson, Illan Ireland and Phillip Powell, Tennessee Lookout
Algal Blooms Ravaged New York’s Finger Lakes During Final Week of August
By Peter Mantius