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Landmark Klamath Basin Water Agreement Is on Verge of Collapse
Congress could allow year-end deadline for review and enactment…
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Animation: Progression of Wildfires in the United States
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Wildfires rage in drought-stricken California and are becoming more prevalent across the country.
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The Fall and Potential Rise of California’s San Joaquin Valley
Groundwater pumping is reshaping California’s farm belt.
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WaterSmart Pulls Water Savings from the Cloud
Software company uses data to reboot the venerable water utility.
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Slowly, With Earth Pushing Hard, A Confederacy Of Concern Develops
Circle of Blue Senior Editor Keith Schneider discusses how new energy-efficient, water-conserving, land-protecting operating principles are slowly becoming priorities around the world.
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‘Disastrous Year’ for North Cascades Glaciers Heralds Global Decline
Record heat in 2015 is melting glaciers at an eye-popping pace.
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After Dry Wells, Relief for Some California Families
State and local aid is helping, but only for a few.
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U.S. Clean Water Law Needs New Act for the 21st Century
Seminal water law does not address nation's emerging water pollution challenges.
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Federal Drought Policy Need Not Wait for Congress
Natural resources agencies have the authority to change practices on their own, conservation groups argue.
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California Drought Signals Fundamental Shift to New Water Conditions
Climate change models have long predicted a drying West. In California, the future has arrived.
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On the Value of Water and the Pain of Drought in the American West
Circle of Blue reporter Brett Walton says that drought is forcing…
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One Way to Ease California Drought: Recycle Wastewater For Irrigation
Del Puerto Water District to buy a third of its water supply from Modesto and Turlock treatment plants.