California was hit with 12 feet of snow. Is it enough to ease the drought?
For a parched populace coming out of three consecutive years of extreme drought — the flakes have felt miraculous.
The Colorado River drought crisis: How did this happen? Can it be fixed?
The Colorado River is in crisis. The problem has been building for decades but has come to a head in recent years because the major...
As California’s wells dry up, residents rely on bottled water to survive VIEW
Wells are running dry in California at a record pace. In the San Joaquin Valley, entire communities use bottled water and farmers are struggling.
Arrest of Forest Service employee over planned burn sparks tension in rural Oregon
The arrest of a Forest Service employee is exceedingly rare, and it has become a source of tension in a part of the country with...
A California city’s water supply is expected to run out in two months
Officials project Coalinga, Calif., will use up its allotted water before the end of the year — possibly forcing the city to buy water at...
Yellowstone is this town’s golden ticket. Climate change risks that VIEW
The collapse of Highway 89 due to flooding in June turned Gardiner into a dead-end town, severing its access to tourism dollars just as the...
‘Where there’s bodies, there’s treasure’: A hunt as Lake Mead shrinks VIEW
Artifacts and oddities, from bodies in barrels to lost sunglasses, are being discovered at Lake Mead as the reservoir shrinks dramatically, exposing its secrets.
Workers in Washington want a ‘green’ aluminum plant. Now they just need clean power
A plan to revamp a Ferndale factory as a key piece in the future of U.S. renewable energy has been embraced by seemingly everyone. But...
Once eager to drill, oil companies exit leases in Arctic refuge
Three major oil companies have given up opportunities to explore for oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, after spending decades working to gain access...