Loudoun County ended 2025 under severe drought conditions, an all-too-common status that is sparking elevated concerns about ...

"Out of sight, out of mind. Therein lies the problem. Groundwater in the West, especially in the basin fill aquifers of Utah and the Great Basin, is generally on the decline." ...

India now leads in global rice production, surpassing China. However, substantial groundwater depletion, driven by irrigation demands and government subsidies, threatens farmers' futures in key states ...

When India overtook China as the world's largest producer of rice this year, the country's politicians and agriculture lobby ...

In a basin that has long been considered over-appropriated, private water users, irrigation districts and counties have used ...

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Fondomonte, a subsidiary of a Saudi dairy company, grows hay in the Arizona desert by pumping groundwater. State officials ...

Recent oil spills in our area should be ringing alarm bells for every local resident and at every level of government.

A private development company is investing $150 million in an ambitious plan to harvest groundwater lying beneath sprawling ...

The government is illegally allowing a Trump donor’s drilling company to skirt a court ruling that halted development at a Delaware-sized oilfield, conservationists claim.

Deep Fission says it plans to install a nuclear reactor underground at an industrial park in southeast Kansas. State and local government leaders are on board. It's part of a national push for new ...