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El Paso Hasn’t Seen This Many Dust Storms Since the Dust Bowl
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21052025/el-paso-dust-storm-drought-climate-change/
Published: May 21, 2025 09:00
EL PASO, Texas—On a Tuesday afternoon in May, earth system scientist Thomas Gill was tracking yet more dust rolling through this border city. Gill, a member of the faculty at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), was waiting to see whether this dusty…
Wyoming Begins Exploring Voluntary Water Conservation Programs
Published: May 15, 2025 09:00
In Cheyenne, Wyoming, the northernmost city receiving Colorado River water, the state engineer and attorney general’s offices met with legislators on the select water committee last week to discuss ongoing Colorado River negotiations. Their message was…
Texas Oil and Gas Companies Drill With River Water During Extreme Drought
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13052025/texas-rio-grande-pecos-river-fracking/
Published: May 13, 2025 09:00
PECOS, Texas—Extreme drought has diminished the flows of the Rio Grande and Pecos River, two of the most iconic waterways in Texas. The advocacy group American Rivers recently named the Lower Rio Grande one of its most endangered rivers, describing a…
Should Pittsburgh’s Water Stay Public? Residents Will Get to Vote on It
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/12052025/pittsburgh-water-privatization-vote/
Published: May 12, 2025 08:55
PITTSBURGH, Pa.—In a state where far more people get their drinking water from private companies than the national average, Pittsburgh voters will decide this month whether to ensure their water and sewer service remains publicly owned and operated. The…
A Dry Winter on the Colorado River Has Big Reservoirs on Track for Trouble
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/10052025/dry-winter-colorado-river-reservoirs/
Published: May 10, 2025 08:50
If you took a look at a map of Rocky Mountain snow right now you would see a lot of red. The mountains that feed the Colorado River with snowmelt are strikingly dry, with many ranges holding less than 50 percent of their average snow for this time of year.…
Five Patagonian Lakes Are Rapidly Drying, Study Shows
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03052025/patagonian-lakes-are-rapidly-drying/
Published: May 3, 2025 08:55
Hidden between volcanic cones in the Patagonian Steppe lies Laguna Blanca, an oasis-like lake in an otherwise arid region. Home to black-neck swans, red-eyed silvery grebes and dark-spotted endemic frogs, the serene body of water is the main attraction of…
In Booming Central Texas, Wastewater Is Polluting Rivers and Streams
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/27042025/texas-wastewater-polluting-rivers-streams/
Published: April 27, 2025 09:00
TARPLEY, Texas–Margo Denke set out to rally the town when she learned that a Christian youth camp planned to build a wastewater treatment plant and discharge its effluent into the pristine Hill Country creek that ran through her small ranch. Denke, a 1981…
Snowflakes, Death Threats and Dollar Signs: Cloud Seeding Is at a Crossroads
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/26042025/utah-cloud-seeding-technology/
Published: April 26, 2025 08:50
Listen to an audio version of this story below. Humans have the technology to literally make snow fall from the clouds. In the drought-stricken Southwest, where the Colorado River needs every drop of water it can get, there are calls to use it more. Utah,…
Surviving the Thaw: Greenland’s Inuit Grapple with Their Melting World
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19042025/greenland-inuit-climate-crisis-ice-melt/
Published: April 19, 2025 08:55
This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988. There is also an online chat at 988lifeline.org. The suicide and crisis helpline…
New Stream Gauges and Weather Stations Poised to Help Wyoming Tribes Endure Flooding and Drought
Published: April 15, 2025 09:05
ETHETE, Wyo.—Travis Shakespeare and Lokilo St. Clair of the Northern Arapaho tribe were driving through central Wyoming’s Wind River Indian Reservation in May 2010 to check the integrity of bridges during a wet spring full of snow and rain that sent water…
South Texas Developers Make a Sales Pitch to Sell Groundwater. Will Laredo Buy It?
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13042025/laredo-texas-treated-groundwater-rio-grande/
Published: April 13, 2025 09:00
LAREDO, Texas—The Walker family property at the intersection of I-35 and US-83 in Webb County is a rugged expanse of scrub brush, cacti and a few cattle. But the South Texas family envisions a $7 billion logistics and housing development called Talise…