To help people better understand the health of the Upper Rio Grande Basin, a first-ever "report card" gave the overall river basin a "C" for its moderate condition, and warned improvements are needed.
After years of dispute and finally reaching an historic agreement over the use of water from the Rio Grande River, the states of Texas, New Mexico and Colorado are requesting a special master, and eventually the U.S. Supreme Court, to approve their settlement terms considering a recent objection raised by the Biden administration.
After an all-day hearing Thursday, the California Coastal Commission approved a permit for a desalination plant in Monterey County despite acknowledging the project poses significant environmental justice concerns and could result in increased costs for residents.
Road crews dump more than 20 million metric tons of salt on U.S. roads each winter to keep them free of ice and snow.
From one side of the city limits sign, a groundwater pipeline proposal in a sparsely populated Utah county looks like a crucial investment in economic expansion for a growing metropolis.
Conventional grazing can be more devastating to the land than fire, because fire comes through and doesn't stay.
Utah Governor Spencer Cox said record low levels prompted him to suspend new water appropriations from the Great Salt Lake Basin.
Starting this week, the state is taking applications for a program to pay up to $1 dollar a square foot of turf to replace water-guzzling grass with drought-resistant landscaping.
Arkasnsas River report for southeast Colorado for October 2022.
October has been Children's Environmental Health Month and this week is National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, so groups in California that advocate for children's health are asking for changes to the state's 10-year plan to replace lead pipes.
