Government

Subsidized water cultivated the West, but this required becoming increasingly profligate with the region’s scarcest resource.

The midterms may have avoided a red wave, but there’s still blood (and some anti-science conspiracy theorists) in the water.

While control of Congress remains unsettled, other races around the country reveal a growing — if precarious — tilt toward climate as a priority.

There’s still time to find out how to cast your ballot, even if you’re dealing with other recovery efforts.

Voting on election day is job one, but the planet needs your civic commitment every other day of the year, too.

Both approval and ranked choice voting put fire under the feet of elected officials to do the right thing for the environment — or risk being voted out.

Don’t miss these environmental news stories about innovative laws, rising renewables and a “climate king.”

Uncovering environmental harms and crimes, and holding those responsible accountable, has never received enough priority. We need to correct that problem.

An agency insider looks at a history of failure and sees long-delayed opportunities for change and progress.

After a half-century of failures, the recovery of the Connecticut River ecosystem hangs in the balance. Will authorities finally act to save it?