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Robert Glennon: A water strategy for the parched West
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Robert Glennon: A water strategy for the parched West

Stemming the water crisis in the western US will require cities and rural areas to work together to make water use on farms – the largest source of demand – more efficient. Let's have cities pay farmers to install more efficient irrigation systems.

What is dead pool? A water expert explains.
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What is dead pool? A water expert explains.

The Colorado River provides water and electricity to 40 million people in the western US, but falling water levels threaten both of those resources.
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Rocky Mountain forests burning more now than any time in the past 2,000 years
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Rocky Mountain forests burning more now than any time in the past 2,000 years

Scientists studied charcoal layers in the sediment of lake beds across the Rockies to track fires over time. They found increasing fire activity as the climate warmed.
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Western wildfires burning higher in the mountains at unprecedented rates in a clear sign of climate change
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Western wildfires burning higher in the mountains at unprecedented rates in a clear sign of climate change

As the risk of fires rises in areas once considered too wet to burn, it creates hazards for mountain communities and for downstream water supplies.
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Western fires are burning higher in the mountains at unprecedented rates in a clear sign of climate change
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Western fires are burning higher in the mountains at unprecedented rates in a clear sign of climate change

As the risk of fires rises in areas once considered too wet to burn, it creates hazards for mountain communities and for downstream water supplies.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
Graphic of a house with rain and rising water

Funding bill includes $100B for disasters but leaves out conservation funds

Climate change leaves homeowners without insurance

Climate change leaves homeowners without insurance

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People advocating against the US hydrogen hub build out

Hydrogen hubs test new federal environmental justice rules

Donald Trump

Donald Trump wins US presidency. What that could mean for the environment.

Trump-backed plan seeks to overturn Biden's climate policies

Trump-backed plan seeks to overturn Biden's climate policies

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petrochemical houston gulf coast

Petrochemical plants send millions of pounds of pollutants into waterways each year: Report

Montana youth climate lawsuit

Montana Supreme Court declares youth-led climate victory