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A view of a flood-prone neighborhood in Atlantic City, N.J. Credit: Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images

As Summer Approaches, New Jersey’s Shore Towns Confront an Unrelenting Foe: Sea Level Rise

By Emilie Lounsberry

A groundwater pump supplies water to Quechan tribal land at the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, along the Colorado River, on May 26, 2023, near Winterhaven, Calif. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Colorado River Basin Aquifers Are Declining Even More Steeply Than the River, New Research Shows

By Wyatt Myskow

The Gila River Indian Community in Arizona has lined 3,000 feet of their canals with solar panels. Credit: Jake Bolster/Inside Climate News

Gila River Tribes Intend to Float Solar Panels on a Reservoir. Could the Technology Help the Colorado River?

By Jake Bolster

From left: Water experts Ivonne Rychwa from Citizens Utility Board, Oliver Ciciora from Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation, Anna-Lisa Gonzales Castle from Elevate, and Iyana Simba from the Illinois Environmental Council discuss water affordability issues at the Water Matters Town Hall in Chicago. Credit: Christiana Freitag/Inside Climate News

As Chicagoans Brace for Higher Water Bills, Groups Push for Affordability Reforms

By Christiana Freitag

A view of Big Sewickley Creek downstream from PennEnergy’s proposed water withdrawal site shows erosion control (center) and a portion of the project workspace and parking area (gravel and log on right). Credit: Rose Reilly/Big Sewickley Creek Watershed Association

Pennsylvania Fracking Company Surrenders Water Permits Over Concerns About Stream Flow

By Jon Hurdle

A slurry mix of sand and seawater is pumped onto the main public beach during a sand replenishment project for eroding shoreline related to sea level rise on Nov. 21, 2024 in San Clemente, Calif. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Paris Agreement Target for Warming Won’t Protect Polar Ice Sheets, Scientists Warn

By Bob Berwyn

A covered coal ash pond sits adjacent to the Coosa River in Gadsden, Ala. Credit: Courtesy of Coosa Riverkeeper

Alabama Power Threatened With Lawsuit for Contaminating Groundwater With Coal Ash

By Dennis Pillion, Lee Hedgepeth

Marine biologist Diva Amon explores the deep sea around the Saint Peter and Saint Paul Rocks in the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Brazil. Credit: Novus Select/bioGraphic

Trump’s New Executive Order Promotes Deep Sea Mining in US and International Waters While Bypassing International Law

By Teresa Tomassoni

Diane Wilson holds a bottle with PVC plastic powder, a type of microplastic, collected in the Matagorda Bay system in December 2024. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

Microplastics from Texas Bays Are Washed Out to Sea, New Study Says

By Dylan Baddour

The Potomac River floods downtown Westernport, Md., after extreme rain on May 13. Credit: Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images

An Atmospheric River Brought This Week’s Flooding Rains to the Southeast

By Sean Sublette

The Green River, the Colorado River’s largest tributary, runs through a large meadow in Sublette County, Wyo. Credit: RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Wyoming Begins Exploring Voluntary Water Conservation Programs

By Jake Bolster

A PFAS water treatment plant is seen in Villa Park, Calif. Credit: Leonard Ortiz/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images

The Trump Administration Plans to Undo Standards on Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ in the U.S. Drinking Water Supply

By Georgina Gustin

Evans Miles, Jr. talks about his participation in the NRCS Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program on his farm near the Chesapeake Bay in Chestertown, Md. Credit: Preston Keres/USDA

USDA Staffing and Funding Cuts Would Threaten Virginia’s Ability to Reach Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goals

By Charles Paullin

An aerial view of the Chesapeake Bay’s estuaries. Credit: Edwin Remsburg/VW Pics via Getty Images

Pharmaceutical Pollution Is Widespread Across the World’s Waterways

By Kiley Price

An oil drilling operation on the banks of the Red Bluff Reservoir in Reeves County, Texas is seen on May 27, 2020. Credit: Justin Hamel

Texas Oil and Gas Companies Drill With River Water During Extreme Drought

By Martha Pskowski

The Allegheny River and the Monongahela River join to form the Ohio River in downtown Pittsburgh. Credit: Nicolas DeSarno/Pexels

Should Pittsburgh’s Water Stay Public? Residents Will Get to Vote on It

By Carrie Klein

Skiers descend Arapahoe Basin Ski Area in Colorado on May 4. Snowpack across the mountains that supply the Colorado River is far below normal for this time of year. Forecasts call for 55 percent of average runoff into Lake Powell, the nation's second-largest reservoir. Credit: Alex Hager/KUNC

A Dry Winter on the Colorado River Has Big Reservoirs on Track for Trouble

By Alex Hager, KUNC

Workers cap an orphaned well near Oil City, La. on March 8, 2023. Credit: Cooper Neill for The Washington Post via Getty Images

Scientists Map Where Orphan Wells Pose Threats to Aquifers

By Martha Pskowski

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