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Arizona Joins Lawsuit Challenging the Federal Government’s Plan for the Colorado River
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16102026/arizona-joins-colorado-river-lawsuit/
Published: October 16, 2026 22:04
The Arizona Department of Water Resources filed a motion Friday to join in a lawsuit against the federal government’s plan for Colorado River operations over the next 10 years. “Arizona believes the federal government’s new operating framework ignores…
Regenerative Growers in Florida Aim to Improve Soil for Health of Food, Environment, Consumers and Workers
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15102026/florida-regenerative-agriculture/
Published: October 15, 2026 08:50
Blueberries, green beans, yellow squash, red onions, purple cabbage, oranges. At markets across Florida, colorful produce signals freshness and nutrition and attracts consumers. Here, as in other states, food’s journey from farm to table begins by…
Momentum for Measuring Water Lost in Wyoming’s Portion of the Colorado River Dries Up
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13102026/wyoming-colorado-river-measuring/
Published: October 13, 2026 22:50
Wyoming has shelved a state-funded project to measure water use in the Green River and Little Snake River basins after it could not get enough data to create a basin-wide estimate of water lost during irrigation. At a meeting in the Cowboy State capitol of…
How a Bid to Beat Drought Drove Corpus Christi to the Brink of Disaster
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/12102026/corpus-christi-desalination-plant-financial-political-quagmire/
Published: October 12, 2026 09:00
This story is a partnership between Dylan Baddour of Inside Climate News and Neena Satija of The Texas Newsroom. Eight years ago, at the height of the shale-oil boom, a committee of industry giants and public officials unveiled a bold plan to make Corpus…
The Race for Lithium Is Becoming a Race for Water
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11102026/lithium-race-becomes-race-for-water-in-arid-west/
Published: October 11, 2026 08:55
This investigation was reported in a collaboration between Inside Climate News and Columbia Journalism Investigations. CALIPATRIA, Calif.—On a border-town road surrounded by alfalfa and grain fields, William Cooper stopped before a dusty, vacant lot. Its…
Maryland Demands Answers as Fuel Leak Persists From Joint Base Andrews
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/08102026/joint-base-andrews-fuel-leak-into-piscataway-creek/
Published: October 8, 2026 09:00
Maryland environmental regulators say jet fuel continues to seep into Piscataway Creek from Joint Base Andrews more than six months after the spill was reported, despite the base’s assurances that it has isolated the damaged fuel system and stopped the…
Compounding Climate Impacts Drive Tropical Forest Decline
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/07102026/heat-drought-and-fire-emissions-devastate-rainforests/
Published: October 7, 2026 20:20
Ozone pollution from fires, along with extreme heat and drought, is further weakening the Amazon rainforest’s ability to absorb carbon dioxide, new research shows. The Amazon and other forests absorb more than a quarter of human-caused CO2 emissions each…
A Colorado Water Trial Could Decide the Future of an Agricultural Valley
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04102026/san-luis-valley-water-trial/
Published: October 4, 2026 08:55
Water regulators and farmers in Colorado’s San Luis Valley are in a lose-lose situation. Either they adopt a plan to aggressively manage the use of groundwater from their rapidly declining aquifer, likely forcing a contraction of the local agricultural…
Europe’s Extreme Summer Triggered Cascading Climate Shocks
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02102026/europe-record-heat-climate-shocks/
Published: October 2, 2026 21:11
During this past summer of climate extremes, more than half of Europe experienced dangerous levels of heat stress, the combined effect of temperature, humidity, wind and sunshine on the body’s ability to cool itself. In some places, that amounted to a…
Regulators Release a Plan to Help Repair the Contaminated Roanoke River
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/01102026/north-carolina-roanoke-river-paper-plant-pollution/
Published: October 1, 2026 08:55
PLYMOUTH, N.C.—Fall had just arrived when a nor’easter began stewing in the Atlantic Ocean, its gale-force winds carrying the pungent smell of chlorine westward, away from downtown. Against the backdrop of dingy stratus clouds, the Domtar pulp mill loomed.…