Regional climate variability plays a big role, but reduced forest cover and a rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide are also factors.

The rapidly-growing sinkhole in Upton County is the latest of many problems caused by old wells in the Permian Basin.

Diplomats in Vietnam warned Washington that halting USAID’s efforts to clean up the massive deposit of postwar pesticides ...

Last week the Tuscana project was set to be reviewed by Orange County’s Development Review Committee. But applicant ...

California, Arizona and Nevada are urging the Trump administration to change course on the Colorado River. The states are ...

KITWE, Zambia (AP) — Authorities and environmentalists in Zambia fear the long-term impact of an acid spill at a Chinese-owned mine that contaminated a major river and could potentially affect ...

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A CEE Bankwatch background report stressed that the evaporation of the Aral Sea was caused by extensive damming on the middle ...

Trump’s early actions, including ordering the US Army Corps of Engineers to open two California dams, have led to concerns ...

Oregon’s system of water rights was established when the thirst was to unlock the potential of the state. Now the urgent ...

The Southern California storm is expected to arrive Wednesday and dump 1 to 2 inches of rain along the coast and up to 4 ...

The storm is expected to dump 1 to 2 inches of rain along the coast and up to 4 inches in the valleys at rates that could ...