Water/Drought

Nonprofit Law Center Asks EPA to Take Over Water Permitting in N.C.

The unprecedented move highlights regulatory tensions between Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, and an environmental rule-making commission controlled by appointees of Republican state legislative leaders.

By Lisa Sorg

Water Issues Confronting Hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail Trickle Down Into the Rest of California

By Bing Lin

As Global Hunger Levels Remain Stubbornly High, Advocates Call for More Money to Change the Way the World Produces Food

By Georgina Gustin

New Federal Report Details More of 2023’s Extreme Climate Conditions

By Bob Berwyn

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

By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue

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

By Jake Bolster

Texas Likely Undercounting Heat-Related Deaths

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

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

By Amy Green, Lisa Sorg

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

By Lisa Sorg

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

By Aman Azhar

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

By Sarah Hopkins

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

By Kathiann M. Kowalski

White House Looks to Safeguard Groundwater Supplies as Aquifers Decline Nationwide

By Wyatt Myskow

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

By Aman Azhar

New York City’s Marshes, Resplendent and Threatened

By Lauren Dalban

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

By Lauren Dalban

In Idaho, Water Shortages Pit Farmers Against One Another

By Daniel Rothberg

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

By Wyatt Myskow

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

By Amy Green