Tag: Water management
Western wildfires threatening American Indian tribal lands
BLY, Ore. — Fierce wildfires in the northwest are threatening American Indian tribal lands that already are struggling to conserve water and preserve traditional...
AP Interview: EPA water chief on clean water protections
WASHINGTON — To finally determine a lasting definition of waterways that qualify for federal protection under the Clean Water Act, the Environmental Protection Agency’s...
Slovenian PM says water referendum defeat no reason to quit
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia — Slovenia's right-wing prime minister has brushed off opposition calls for his government to resign in the wake of a referendum in...
Caitlyn Jenner’s 1st news conference short on substance
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Caitlyn Jenner held her first news conference Friday as a Republican candidate for California governor, 77 days after announcing she was...
UN nuclear agency to help monitor Fukushima water release
BERLIN — The United Nations' nuclear watchdog said it reached an agreement with Japan Thursday on helping monitor and review the release of treated...
US agency offers $307 million for rural water projects
OHKAY OWINGEH PUEBLO, N.M. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will issue up to $307 million in grants and low-interest loans in an effort...
Amid drought, Colorado rafters flock to oases while they can
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Across Colorado, parched rivers are at some of their lowest levels on record. But on one still spared by the...
‘Nobody’s winning’ as drought upends life in US West basin
TULELAKE, Calif. — Ben DuVal knelt in a barren field near the California-Oregon border and scooped up a handful of parched soil as dust...
EXPLAINER: Infrastructure deal targets lead pipes
WASHINGTON — Included in the bipartisan infrastructure deal reached with President Joe Biden last week is a plan to eliminate the country's remaining lead...
Environmentalists sue over Florida wastewater reservoir leak
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Efforts to clean up a leaky reservoir that dumped tens of millions of gallons of potentially hazardous gypsum wastewater into...
