climate change

California released a plan Tuesday detailing how Western states reliant on the Colorado River should save more water. It came a day after the six other states in the river basin made a competing proposal.

A storytellers event called "Beyond Climate Breakdown" seeks to share the personal impacts of a warming planet.

Six out of the seven western states that depend on the Colorado River have submitted a plan to cut usage. Federal officials had set a Tuesday deadline amid historically low levels in reservoirs.

Six Western states that rely on water from the Colorado River have agreed on a model to dramatically cut water use in the basin. California is the holdout.

A voluntary deal last summer on how to drastically cut water use from the stressed Colorado River was thwarted due to competing priorities, outsized demands and the federal government's retreat from a threatened deadline. That's according to emails obtained by The Associated Press.

Crews at Glen Canyon Dam have completed a new water intake connection to accommodate record-low levels at Lake Powell.

Sonia Guajajara will lead the new Ministry of Indigenous Peoples. She is widely known as the leader of the main umbrella group for Brazil’s many Indigenous tribes and is a member of the Amazon Guajajara tribe. This year she made Time Magazine’s annual list of the world’s 100 most influential people.

A new paper looks at the environmental effects of grazing livestock in arid regions in 25 countries throughout the world. The results show it’s possible to improve ecosystems with grazing—but it’s more likely to cause harm in hot, dry regions like the American Southwest. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny spoke with soil ecologist Matthew Bowker of Northern Arizona University about the findings.

Northern Arizona University President José Luis Cruz Rivera has announced steps for its goal to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030.

A bipartisan group of western lawmakers is urging federal officials to prioritize drought relief and conservation efforts and support western farmers and ranchers.