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 ...

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 ...

Explore the impact of flooding in Juneau and how it affects the community, including personal stories and memories lost.

Summer may bring warmth, but it also increases environmental threats. Learn about the changing risks of the season.

Explore the evolving focus of the UN climate conference in Brazil, tackling financing and adaptation in an overheated world.

The nonprofit Conservation Fund acquired nearly 8,000 acres of land near Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp, protecting the ecosystem against a proposed titanium mine. A decade after the U.S. EPA updated its ...

The long-term drying of the American Southwest poses a gathering and measurable threat to hydropower generation in the Colorado River basin. Should Lake Mead, the reservoir formed by Hoover Dam, ...

White House nominates Ted Cooke to led the federal government’s western water agency. Colorado River runoff forecast continues to worsen. Army Corps cancels the environmental review of a Utah mine ...

The restoration of high-elevation wetlands and Indigenous water systems in southern Ecuador has brought stability to water-scarce communities. To keep up with farmers’ water needs, Morocco has pledged ...

EPA wants to increase the biofuels mandate to produce more American energy. House passes bill to rescind already approved USAID funding. BLM says a 5,000-well oil and gas project in Wyoming will not ...

Brett writes about agriculture, energy, infrastructure, and the politics and economics of water in the United States. He also writes the , Circle of Blue’s weekly digest of U.S. government water news.