If water curtailments go into effect, which states are most vulnerable, and why?
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B.C. tribal members turned down $260K each in order to stop a gas terminal.
Questions remain of how much water it will yield and whether local farmers can afford to buy it.
Sen. John McCain proposes more immediate access at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Sen. John McCain’s proposal would give Border Patrol more immediate access to sensitive borderlands.
A far-fetched pipe dream rears its head.
What happens to local budgets when Congress stops these federal payments.
In the parched countryside, delivery means community.
As XL languishes in political controversy, new pipeline projects gain ground in Canada and Alaska.
Scientists found that dams are indeed to blame for population declines.
A court settlement will make it harder for companies to hide chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing.
Republican lawmaker-turned-filmmaker, Jason Atkinson on why conservation doesn’t have to be a partisan issue.
A shortfall in water deliveries may lead to more fighting.
Review of art exhibit “William Matthews: Trespassing” at DAM
Program could help immigrant families stay in the U.S.
A new NASA satellite will measure the planet's soil moisture.
Suggestions from our readers.
Will new pricing models be the answer to both revenue problems and water waste?
Review of “Taos Portraits: Photos by Paul O’Connor.”
Welcome new employees, and farewell Martin Litton
Hybrid technologies help distribute power in isolated communities.
Los Angeles tries to save water and mitigate effects of sucking the valley dry.
Report outlines risks that mine will deplete aquifer and contaminate groundwater.
Decision greenlights contentious multi-million dollar diversion project.
Approval for a diversion expected Monday despite broad criticism.
Photographs from Utah’s Monument Valley to the Petrified Forest.
Outdated rules and budget shortfalls make it hard to catch.
A new Yale project allows viewers to explore 175,000 images by county.
Colorado and Alaska have the most expensive midterm battles in the region.
The Cobell case paid mineral royalties long due to tribal members.
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