Not so terribly long ago the International Energy Agency issued one of the early century’s most optimistic projections for the environment, human health, and water quality. It declared 2013 the year ...

Swimming past the California-Oregon border, a lost fish — one of thousands — finds its way home after an exile of over 100 years. As swarms of salmon migrate north to Oregon along the Klamath River, ...

Ethiopia announced the completion of a new hydropower dam on the Nile River, a project Egypt has called an “existential threat” to its own water supply. ● Extreme heat in France and Switzerland has ...

President Trump’s budget bill targets a few water projects while eliminating some climate and environment programs. Agencies move to constrain environmental reviews under NEPA. EPA says it will loosen ...

A new report identifies global drought hotspots since 2023 and outlines vulnerabilities, impacts, causes, and response strategies. Some 60,000 residents in northeastern France are under a tap water ...

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Improve irrigation and agricultural practices Some 70 percent of the world’s freshwater is used for agriculture. Improving irrigation can help close supply and demand gaps. In certain cases profligate ...

It’s an issue set to affect residents across all Great Lakes states and provinces at a time when federal protections for Great Lakes water are being slashed. Data Centers Map has been tracking data ...

As sea levels rise, ghost forests expand.Growing forests serve multiple benefits. They protect coastlines from erosion, buffer storm surges, provide wildlife habitats, and assure water quality and ...

2010-2019 water rates data from 30 major U.S. cities. The interactive graphs show average monthly residential water prices for three levels of consumption and the annual percent change Circle of ...

Many new developments in the state share a defining trait: they are built atop former farm fields. The replacement of crops with cul-de-sacs has helped moderate water use, which is less today than in ...