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A plastic pipeline supplies water to energy developers in the Permian Basin, the place where supply and demand for water draws a bit closer to conventional market norms. In Pecos County, a group of ranching and farming families have agreements to sell 12,000 acre-feet of water annually to oil and gas developers worth a total of $32.6 million.

Climate & Ecosystems

Why Wildfire Experts Are So Worried About This Year’s Fire Season

Why Wildfire Experts Are So Worried About This Year’s Fire Season

Michigan lawmakers may fund last-ditch effort to save whitefish

Michigan lawmakers may fund last-ditch effort to save whitefish

Northern Michigan’s Extreme Climate Disaster

Northern Michigan’s Extreme Climate Disaster

Global Collapse of Migratory Freshwater Fish Drives Calls for Transboundary Cooperation

Global Collapse of Migratory Freshwater Fish Drives Calls for Transboundary Cooperation

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Quality & Supply

Broke and On Their Own: Small Water Systems Lose Ground as Federal Support Wavers

Broke and On Their Own: Small Water Systems Lose Ground as Federal Support Wavers

Hoover Dam Approaches a Hydropower Cliff

Hoover Dam Approaches a Hydropower Cliff

Climate Emergencies Are Breaking Water Utilities. Customers Are Paying

Climate Emergencies Are Breaking Water Utilities. Customers Are Paying

As a Colorado Aquifer Runs Low, Dangerous Heavy Metals Threaten Rural Communities’ Drinking Water

As a Colorado Aquifer Runs Low, Dangerous Heavy Metals Threaten Rural Communities’ Drinking Water

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Health

Tainted Water Steals Lives

Combatting Agricultural Pollution: Michigan’s New Manure Management Rules

Combatting Agricultural Pollution: Michigan’s New Manure Management Rules

America’s Deadliest Waterborne Disease Is Not Letting Up

America’s Deadliest Waterborne Disease Is Not Letting Up

Chicago Prepares Development Plan For Industrial Zone With Priority for Water and Wetland

Chicago Prepares Development Plan For Industrial Zone With Priority for Water and Wetland

Seeking Answers to a Cancer Crisis in Iowa, Researchers Question if Agriculture is to Blame

Seeking Answers to a Cancer Crisis in Iowa, Researchers Question if Agriculture is to Blame

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Policy & Economics

Illinois Fails to Pass Landmark Act Requiring ‘Responsible’ Data Center Energy and Water Use

Illinois Fails to Pass Landmark Act Requiring ‘Responsible’ Data Center Energy and Water Use

Supreme Court’s Limitation on Wetlands Protection Will Make Flooding Worse

Supreme Court’s Limitation on Wetlands Protection Will Make Flooding Worse

Illinois Tightens PFAS Oversight Amid Federal Rollback Efforts

Illinois Tightens PFAS Oversight Amid Federal Rollback Efforts

Solar, Wind, and E.V.s Rise from Shadow of Trump’s Iran War

Solar, Wind, and E.V.s Rise from Shadow of Trump’s Iran War

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Agriculture & Food Security

On Menominee Lakes, Wild Rice Is Coming Back. It Isn’t Easy.

On Menominee Lakes, Wild Rice Is Coming Back. It Isn’t Easy.

Stalled Farm Bill, Slashed Grants Undercut Farmers’ Water Protection Efforts

Stalled Farm Bill, Slashed Grants Undercut Farmers’ Water Protection Efforts

USDA pause on manure-to-gas loans extended through the year

USDA pause on manure-to-gas loans extended through the year

Mega manure digester project in Washington state meets community resistance

Mega manure digester project in Washington state meets community resistance

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Solutions & Innovation

Watered Down: A Weakened Global Water Strategy

Watered Down: A Weakened Global Water Strategy

Clean Water Is a Virtue in Helping Cities Be ‘Livable and Lovable’

Clean Water Is a Virtue in Helping Cities Be ‘Livable and Lovable’

With Wildfire-Prevention Work, Flagstaff Seeks to Avoid the Next Devastating Flood

With Wildfire-Prevention Work, Flagstaff Seeks to Avoid the Next Devastating Flood

As Flames Scorch Western Forests, Flagstaff Area Offers Roadmap for Post-Wildfire Flood Prevention

As Flames Scorch Western Forests, Flagstaff Area Offers Roadmap for Post-Wildfire Flood Prevention

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Energy Production & Water

Ohio Needs Power For Its Data Centers. Lawmakers Want to Redefine ‘Clean Energy’ to Get It

Ohio Needs Power For Its Data Centers. Lawmakers Want to Redefine ‘Clean Energy’ to Get It

Utah’s Big Nuclear Bet – Feasible or Fantasy?

Utah’s Big Nuclear Bet – Feasible or Fantasy?

As affordability issues surge, is it finally time for offshore wind?

As affordability issues surge, is it finally time for offshore wind?

Trump has an energy ‘tiger team.’ Carney’s fast-tracking office ‘operates similarly,’ docs say

Trump has an energy ‘tiger team.’ Carney’s fast-tracking office ‘operates similarly,’ docs say

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