ICN Southwest

Tribal Members Journey to Washington Push for Reauthorization of Radiation Exposure Compensation Act

Diseases connected to uranium mining and nuclear testing continue to plague the Navajo and other tribes. The bill continuing the help they get dealing with the illnesses is stalled in the U.S. House.

By Noel Lyn Smith

Finding a Fix for Playgrounds That Are Too Hot to Touch

By Wyatt Myskow

En busca de soluciones para los parques infantiles donde el calor quema

By Wyatt Myskow

BLM Plan for Solar on Public Lands Sparks Enthusiasm and Misgivings in Different Corners of the West

By Wyatt Myskow, Jake Bolster

A Nevada Lithium Mine Nears Approval, Despite Threatening the Only Habitat of an Endangered Wildflower

By Wyatt Myskow

In Nevada, Clean Energy Divides the Senate Race

By Wyatt Myskow

Customers Sue an Arizona Water District Amid Drought and Surging Demand

By Wyatt Myskow

Apache Group is Carrying a Petition to the Supreme Court to Stop a Mine on Land Sacred to the Tribe

By Noel Lyn Smith

Some of Arizona’s Most Valuable Water Could Soon Hit the Market

By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue

Texas Likely Undercounting Heat-Related Deaths

By Yuriko Schumacher, Emily Foxhall, Alejandra Martinez, Martha Pskowski, Dylan Baddour

Rez Dogs Are Feeling the Heat From Climate Change

By Taylar Dawn Stagner, Grist

Arizona Residents Fear What the State’s Mining Boom Will Do to Their Water

By Wyatt Myskow

Study Links Permian Blowouts With Wastewater Injection

By Dylan Baddour, Inside Climate News, and Carlos Nogueras Ramos, Texas Tribune

After Navajo Nation Condemns Uranium Hauling on Its Lands, Arizona Governor Negotiates a Pause

By Noel Lyn Smith

White House Looks to Safeguard Groundwater Supplies as Aquifers Decline Nationwide

By Wyatt Myskow

In New Mexico, a Walk Commemorates the Nuclear Disaster Few Outside the Navajo Nation Remember

By Noel Lyn Smith

Funds to Help Low-Income Families With Summer Electric Bills Are Stretched Thin

By Martha Pskowski, Jenaye Johnson

Lithium Critical to the Energy Transition Is Coming at the Expense of Water

By Wyatt Myskow

Tribes and Environmentalists Press Arizona and Federal Officials to Stop Uranium Mining Near the Grand Canyon

By Noel Lyn Smith