The Daily Climate

‘What we need is multiple solutions’ to solve water crisis

A major conference on Colorado River water issues last week in Las Vegas revealed signs of progress in protecting the West’s dwindling water supply, notably a new agreement between Nevada, Arizona and California that will ease the burden on Lake Mead.

Impacts

The controversy around Balkan hydroelectricity

Balkan states continue to back controversial hydroelectricity projects, despite experts' urging that solar power would be a better option long term.

Resilience

newrepublic.com

Even emergency measures won’t save the West from megadrought

Water cuts and dam removals are now necessary steps to keep the consequences of the climate crisis at bay. But the only long-term answer is to cut emissions.

Solutions

thenarwhal.ca

Yukon election 2021: where the parties stand on climate and energy

With a territorial election race under way, here's where the three major parties stand on climate, land use planning and clean energy.

Resilience

www.dw.com

Laos dam break and the country′s hydroelectric dreams

The Xepian-Xe Nam Noy Dam in Laos has burst due to heavy rain. Opponents of Laos's plans to become the "battery of Asia" have warned of catastrophe for years.

Newsletter

Dam lies: Despite promises, an indigenous community’s land is flooded

therevelator.org

hydroelectricity

‘What we need is multiple solutions’ to solve water crisis

The controversy around Balkan hydroelectricity

Even emergency measures won’t save the West from megadrought

Yukon election 2021: where the parties stand on climate and energy

Laos dam break and the country′s hydroelectric dreams

Dam lies: Despite promises, an indigenous community’s land is flooded

Big Oil partners with clean energy to advance geothermal energy

Louisville uses trees to tackle urban heat and health disparities

Ecuador’s forest win sets global precedent for nature’s legal rights

As Biden prepares to block the sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel, pollution concerns persist in Pennsylvania

A Pennsylvania fracking company with more than 2,000 environmental violations selected for federal environmental justice funding

Op-ed: “I’m sorry, I can’t hear you” — disabling environments in Cancer Alley and the Ohio River Valley

The fossil fuel industry is disproportionately harming low-income and minority women: Report

Judge halts methane regulation in five states over states' rights dispute