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The Colorado River Indian Tribes have the right to divert 662,402 acre-feet of water per year from the Colorado River for use on their lands in Arizona. Congress recently granted the tribes authority to lease some of this water to entities elsewhere in the state. Credit: Brett Walton/Circle of Blue

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

By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue

People cast their fishing lines into the Colorado River in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Credit: Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Springtime Rain Crucial for Getting Wintertime Snowmelt to the Colorado River, Study Finds

By Jake Bolster

Robert Shipp, 75, of Bastrop, sweats while receiving treatment from Austin-Travis County EMS first responders inside an ambulance during a 102 degree day in Del Valle, Texas, on July 7, 2023. According to the EMS crew, he passed out while searching for car parts under the hot sun. Credit: Joe Timmerman/The Texas Tribune

Texas Likely Undercounting Heat-Related Deaths

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

A person walks through a flooded street caused by the rain and storm surge from Tropical Storm Debby on Monday in Cedar Key, Florida. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Debby Drenched the Southeast. Climate Change Is Making Storms Like This Even Wetter

By Amy Green, Lisa Sorg

For more than 30 years Chemours and its predecessor, DuPont, discharged “forever chemicals” into the Cape Fear River near Fayetteville, North Carolina. Credit: Chemours

North Carolina Environmental Regulators at War Over Water Rules for ‘Forever Chemicals’

By Lisa Sorg

A view of the Dalecarlia Water Treatment Plant and Reservoir operated by the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers on the Maryland-D.C. border. Credit: USACE

Aggressive Algae Bloom Clogged Water System, Prompting Boil Water Advisory in D.C. and Parts of Virginia

By Aman Azhar

An aerial view of the Desert Shores community on the Salton Sea in California. Credit: Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Feds Contradict Scientific Research, Say the Salton Sea’s Exposed Lakebed Is Not a Significant Source of Pollution for Disadvantaged Communities

By Sarah Hopkins

Algae from Lake Erie washes ashore at Maumee Bay State Park in Oregon, Ohio, on Aug. 3, 2014. Credit: Ty Wright/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Climate Change Contributes to Shift in Lake Erie’s Harmful Algal Blooms

By Kathiann M. Kowalski

An irrigation system waters an alfalfa field in Butler Valley, Arizona, on June 27, 2023. Credit: Caitlin O'Hara/The Washington Post via Getty Images

White House Looks to Safeguard Groundwater Supplies as Aquifers Decline Nationwide

By Wyatt Myskow

A view of the Chesapeake Bay off Annapolis, Maryland, on March 27. This year’s Chesapeake Bay and Watershed report card ranked the Bay’s overall health at a “C+”—its highest grade in more than 20 years. Credit: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

Historic Investments and Accountability Push Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Efforts In Right Direction, Says EPA Mid-Atlantic Administrator

By Aman Azhar

A great egret is seen in flight over the grassy marsh of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in New York City. Credit: Tim Farrell/NPS

New York City’s Marshes, Resplendent and Threatened

By Lauren Dalban

A view of the marshes of Udall’s Cove Park and Preserve in Little Neck, Queens. Credit: Lauren Dalban/Inside Climate News

New York’s Marshes Plagued by Sewage Runoff and Lack of Sediment

By Lauren Dalban

Jay Barlogi, the general manager of the Twin Falls Canal Company, explains how water from the Snake River moves through irrigation canals on June 27. Credit: Daniel Rothberg/Inside Climate News

In Idaho, Water Shortages Pit Farmers Against One Another

By Daniel Rothberg

At the Salton Sea in California, geothermal plants could soon also extract lithium from brine water contained deep in the ground. But local community members and environmentalists worry about the impacts the mining will have on local water supplies. Credit: EcoFlight

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

By Wyatt Myskow

Steve Salem is a 50-year boat captain who lives on a tributary of the St. Johns River. The rising tides in Jacksonville are testing his intuition. Credit: Amy Green/Inside Climate News

In the South, Sea Level Rise Accelerates at Some of the Most Extreme Rates on Earth

By Amy Green

NOAA’s Climate-Ready Workforce initiative will help fill vacancies with the American Samoa Power Authority, the only agency managing water on the island. Credit: American Samoa Power Authority

New NOAA Initiative Will Provide $60 Million in Funding to Train Workers for Green Jobs

By Ruchi Shahagadkar

As developers build new homes to accommodate suburban sprawl, historic Black communities like Ten Mile on South Carolina's coast become increasingly vulnerable to tidal flooding. Credit: Courtesy of Dana Coleman

Facing Climate Gentrification, an Historic African American Community Outside Charleston, S.C., Embraces Conservation

By Daniel Shailer

Rapidan Dam is left damaged on June 25 in Waterville, Minnesota after days of historic flooding hit the Midwest. Credit: Christopher Mark Juhn/Anadolu via Getty Images

The Minnesota Dam That Partially Failed Is One of Nearly 200 Across the Upper Midwest in Similarly ‘Poor’ Condition

By Kristoffer Tigue

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