The first in a series of lawsuits sides with tribal sovereignty.
Water
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The Colorado River is shrinking because of climate change
A long-term drought threatens Western cities’ water supplies.
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Can private money solve public water problems?
As facilities age and public funding declines, private companies may step in.
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See photos that illustrate the cost of building Alaska’s Pebble Mine
Carl Johnson’s photography shows the bay ‘where water is gold.’
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Inside the military tactics used during Standing Rock
Documents show the company behind DAPL used paramilitary security to track activists.
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In these Western cities, using less water costs more
Some homes pay five times as much as others for the same amount of water.
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Latest: Settlement resurrects Alaska’s Pebble Mine
Sen. Lisa Murkowski says the project must pass muster for salmon.
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Conflicts dog Trump’s Interior secretary nominee
David Bernhardt’s former clients have big business with the department he would run.
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Death on the river
As summer rafting season begins, safe passage to all river runners.
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Climate change is shrinking the West’s water supply
Three new studies show dry times ahead.
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What citizen science can say about seabird deaths
In the Pacific Northwest, the diligence of citizen scientists helps discern patterns in die-offs.
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Ten years, 3 million pounds of soil and 1,800 sensors
The numbers behind the world’s largest weathering experiment.
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What is owed to a damaged river?
A new book illustrates the Duwamish’s difficult path to recovery.
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The wine industry’s battle with climate change
Vineyards deal with drought, temperature swings and fruit that ripens too early.
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Colorado’s Front Range is inundated with water
The problem with too much water? Soggy soil and endless legal complications.
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Without a drought, California takes stock
Infrastructure issues, dry wells and other troubles still linger across the Golden State.
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Why I’m cheering golf’s steep decline
Thank millennials and a poor economy for the sport’s falling popularity.
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Winter snows bring spring flows
After a record low two years ago, this season’s substantial Sierra snowpack highlights the variability of winter weather in the West.
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A tribe wins rights to contested groundwater in court
A major federal court decision acknowledges that tribes have priority rights to groundwater — and could limit how much other users can take.
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Nogales has a sewage problem
In the borderlands, members of Congress work to resolve wastewater woes.