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Robert Glennon: A water strategy for the parched West
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Robert Glennon: A water strategy for the parched West

Stemming the water crisis in the western US will require cities and rural areas to work together to make water use on farms – the largest source of demand – more efficient. Let's have cities pay farmers to install more efficient irrigation systems.

What is dead pool? A water expert explains.
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What is dead pool? A water expert explains.

The Colorado River provides water and electricity to 40 million people in the western US, but falling water levels threaten both of those resources.
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Rocky Mountain forests burning more now than any time in the past 2,000 years
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Rocky Mountain forests burning more now than any time in the past 2,000 years

Scientists studied charcoal layers in the sediment of lake beds across the Rockies to track fires over time. They found increasing fire activity as the climate warmed.
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Western wildfires burning higher in the mountains at unprecedented rates in a clear sign of climate change
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Western wildfires burning higher in the mountains at unprecedented rates in a clear sign of climate change

As the risk of fires rises in areas once considered too wet to burn, it creates hazards for mountain communities and for downstream water supplies.
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Western fires are burning higher in the mountains at unprecedented rates in a clear sign of climate change
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Western fires are burning higher in the mountains at unprecedented rates in a clear sign of climate change

As the risk of fires rises in areas once considered too wet to burn, it creates hazards for mountain communities and for downstream water supplies.
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Why Michael Regan backed down on environmental justice promises

Kamala Harris climate change

Young voters question Kamala Harris' climate stance as election nears

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Hurricane Helene post-landfall impacts

Massive storm Helene poses catastrophic risks across the Southeast

Southern California wildfire

Southern California faces a growing wildfire threat but remains unprepared