The court ruled that the state can restrict new groundwater pumping if it will impact other users and wildlife, a decision environmentalists are calling a major win in updating the state’s water law.
The Times asked all 50 states how they police the use of valuable groundwater. Their answers reveal why the country is draining and damaging its aquifers so rapidly.
Federal officials say that conditions have improved on the Colorado River to the point that a three-state plan to reduce water use should keep the river basin on stable footing for several years.
A first of its kind “climate-friendly” soccer tournament is underway in India's remote desert region of Ladakh, an ecologically fragile territory where oxygen is thin and breathing is hard.
The Allegheny County Council voted unanimously Tuesday to set a July 2024 deadline for the county to establish a plan to fight climate change.
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