A new study has determined that much of the water crisis in the American West can be squarely laid at the feet of fossil fuels companies. Researchers from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and ...

Amid a megadrought and aridification in the Southwest, the federal government has released its operating plan to manage two large dams on the Colorado River, and it’s being criticized for propping up ...

Earth’s oceans, lakes, rivers, and streams contain dissolved oxygen, which comes from the atmosphere and plants. All aquatic animals need dissolved oxygen to breathe. Now, scientists warn these waters ...

Last week, at a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, many countries made commitments to cut back fossil fuel emissions to fight climate change. China announced it would curb emissions by up ...

The Trump administration announced last week that it would take additional water from Northern California and send it south to farms and communities in the San Joaquin Valley, drawing strong criticism ...

Last week, the Trump administration approved part of a controversial project to pump groundwater from the Mojave Desert and send it to cities in California. Cadiz, the company promoting the project, ...

Officials in the U.S. have been on high alert after 30 water systems in Minnesota were struck by cyberattacks last week. The federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”) issued a ...

As many communities across the country remove lead water lines following the Flint, Michigan, crisis, there’s concern they may be “leaping from the frying pan into the fire” if they replace those ...

For the first time ever, the amount of global electricity generated by renewable energy surpassed that from coal during the first six months of 2025. According to the think tank Ember, solar and wind ...

Michigan alone has reported more than 5,000 cases. In a typical year, it gets up to 50. People can be infected after eating food contaminated with Cyclospora, a parasite, but not from person-to-person ...

The West saw heavy levels of precipitation this past winter in many areas, and that’s good news for water levels in Lake Mead on the Colorado River, the country’s largest reservoir. According to the ...