Water in the Colorado River is dwindling to levels that haven’t been seen in decades, and the seven states whose residents and farmers depend on the river can’t agree on a fair way to divide up what’s left. Negotiations are going nowhere despite more than six months of ongoing talks, plus cajoling by the Trump…
On a hot day in a remote area of southern Arizona last month, firefighters donned protective helmets and suits, sealed the openings around their wrists and ankles with duct tape, and cautiously approached a man lying face down on the ground. A layer of stinging bees blanketed his body. Spent stingers riddled the few patches…
San Diego could sell some of its rights to Colorado River water to Arizona and Nevada under a deal struck Wednesday that could help parched inland states fill a widening gap between water supply and demand. The San Diego County Water Authority now has a water surplus thanks to a desalination plant the utility opened…
The Trump administration is moving forward with a plan to provide Cold War-era plutonium from dismantled nuclear warheads to companies that want to convert the dangerous material into fuel for nuclear power plants. The plan has generated debate and some unease among nonproliferation experts. If finalized, it would mark the first time the U.S. government…
Hantaviruses have most likely been around as long as rodents, but little was known about these pathogens before the 20th century. This rare family of viruses that rodents carry has been cited as the source of a deadly outbreak aboard a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean. The virus is zoonotic, meaning it can be…
Deb Haaland, the former congresswoman and interior secretary, might have expected a cakewalk after she declared her candidacy for the open governorship of New Mexico. A political celebrity in her Democratic state, she would make history as the first Native American woman elected governor. But Sam Bregman, district attorney of New Mexico’s most populous county…
