In Corpus Christi, Texas, Environmentalists Are Fighting a Slate of Proposed Desalination Plants The city says it needs extra water. But it's for fossil fuel and plastic corporations—not people By Jeremy Miller June 13, 2023 In this story: water, drought, climate change
In California’s Monterey Bay Area, a Proposed Desalination Plant Divides Wealthy Communities and Poorer Ones Residents of the town of Marina say it’s all a utility scam By Jeremy Miller June 13, 2023 In this story: water, climate change
In British Columbia, Streams Have Gone Missing Water is running out in a region known for rain By Tatum McConnell June 6, 2023 In this story: climate change, forests, water, drought
Pikes Peak’s Innovative Adaptation to the West’s Water Crisis Yes, this is a feel-good story about mountaintop bathrooms By Juliet Grable June 4, 2023 In this story: hiking, water
Drops of Hope Along the Colorado River After 174 years, the Navajo Nation is still trying to regain access By Morgan Sjogren May 30, 2023 In this story: indigenous communities, rivers, water
What Does “Dead Pool” Mean for the American West? Conservationists are working to understand how best to protect Lakes Mead and Powell By David Dudley May 8, 2023 In this story: climate change, water
Woman as Medical Waste A cancer survivor reflects on the downstream costs of her treatment By Kate Golden March 30, 2023 In this story: science, water, toxics
River Rights Gone Wrong in California In the Golden State, dwindling water resources are increasingly a source of conflict By Michael Shapiro February 28, 2023 In this story: water, rivers, indigenous communities
What the Flood Took, What It Left Behind Last summer's flood in Kentucky upended a way of life By Austyn Gaffney December 15, 2022 In this story: climate change, water
Oasis in the Desert Against long odds, the Colorado River Delta in Mexico is being restored By Sarah Tory September 20, 2022 In this story: water, rivers, climate change