Tribes Meeting With Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Describe Harms Uranium Mining Has Had on Them, and the Threats New Mines Pose As spiking uranium prices drive a surge of proposals for new mines, the Navajo Nation joined the Ute Mountain Ute, Havasupai, Northern Arapaho and Oglala Sioux tribes in a commission hearing with federal officials to push back against mining on and near their lands. By Noel Lyn Smith
Colorado River States Have Two Different Plans for Managing Water. Here’s Why They Disagree By Alex Hager, KUNC
New Online Dashboard Identifies Threats Posed by Uranium Mines and Mills in New Mexico By Noel Lyn Smith
Environmentalists See Nevada Supreme Court Ruling Bringing State’s Water Management ‘Into the 21st Century’ By Wyatt Myskow
First Uranium Mines to Dig in the US in Eight Years Begin Operations Near Grand Canyon By Wyatt Myskow
Lake Powell Is Still in Trouble. Here’s What’s Good and What’s Alarming About the Current Water Level By Dan Gearino
Rural Arizona Has Gone Decades Without Groundwater Regulations. That Could Soon Change. By Wyatt Myskow
New Mexico Looks to Address Increasing Aridity With Brackish and Produced Water. Experts Are ‘Skeptical’ By Wyatt Myskow
As Drought Grips the Southwest, Water Utilities Find the Hunt For More Workers Challenging By Wyatt Myskow
Could ‘One Health’ be the Optimal Approach for Human, Animal and Environmental Health? By Emma Peterson
Phoenix is Enduring its Hottest Month on Record, But Mitigations Could Make the City’s Heat Waves Less Unbearable By Wyatt Myskow