2021 Election Preview: The Expensive Battle in Maine over Hydropower Imports

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The second-most expensive campaign in Maine history is a debate over energy infrastructure.

2021 Election Preview: Two Cities, Facing Floods and Aridity, Eye Big Public Works

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Boise and Virginia Beach ask voters to approve infrastructure plans that exceed a half-billion dollars.

2021 Election Preview: New York Considers Right to Clean Water

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Voters will decide on a constitutional amendment for environmental rights.

HotSpots H2O: Flooding Is Latest Strain on South Sudan

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Torrential rainfall is battering one of the world’s poorest countries, laying bare its weak infrastructure.

HotSpots H2O: As Famine Looms in East Africa, Humanitarian Groups Call for Urgent Action

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Drought has left millions in the region facing food insecurity—and conditions are expected to get worse.

Water Groups Lauded a Side Agreement at the Paris Climate Conference. Then It Languished.

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The fate of the Paris Pact reveals the difficulties in incorporating water into global climate agreements.

HotSpots H2O: Years-Long Drought Pushes Brazil to the Brink

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The country’s worst drought in nearly a century is choking commerce, threatening ecosystems, and diminishing hydroelectric power generation.

As Drought Grips American West, Irrigation Becomes Selling Point for Michigan

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Michigan farmers irrigate with 187 billion gallons of groundwater a year. Is the state prepared for more?