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EnvironmentUtility will pay $80 million to resolve allegations that power lines ignited dry brush in California blaze that ravaged more than a thousand homes
By The Associated PressFebruary 26, 2024
FinancePanama Canal has gotten so dry and backed up after brutal drought that shippers are paying up to $4m to jump the queue
By Ruth Liao and BloombergDecember 4, 2023
Cargo ships in the Panama Canal
EnvironmentShips are bidding millions of dollars to skip the line at the Panama Canal
By Alex Longley and BloombergNovember 27, 2023
EnvironmentFor the first time in 3 years, California is drought-free
By Chris MorrisNovember 9, 2023
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EnvironmentSaudi Arabia was pumping water on 10,000 acres of drought-stricken Arizona. The governor just stripped its leases
By Suman Naishadham and The Associated PressOctober 4, 2023
EnvironmentSmall farmers are up against California’s $1.1 billion carrot industry in a vicious fight over groundwater: ‘We are being totally overrun’ 
By Amy Taxin and The Associated PressOctober 1, 2023
EnvironmentSaltwater invading drought-hit Mississippi River imperils Louisiana citrus farms ravaged by hurricanes: ‘There’s no getting around how dire the situation is’
By Sara Cline and The Associated PressSeptember 29, 2023
EnvironmentFarmers who have watched drought scorch their fields now face a low Mississippi River—and higher transport prices 
By Scott McFettridge and The Associated PressSeptember 17, 2023
EnvironmentArizona is cutting housing construction near Phoenix because there’s no longer enough water
By Jacques Billeaud, Suman Naishadham and The Associated PressJune 2, 2023
Drought
EnvironmentEvery major agriculture region around the world is facing a future of more ‘flash droughts,’ study says
By Jeff Basara, Jordan Christian and The ConversationMay 26, 2023
EnvironmentMammoth snow year has lifted half the West out of drought and promises to raise parched Lake Powell by 60 feet
By Brittany Peterson and The Associated PressMay 9, 2023
EnvironmentCalifornia will provide cities and farms 100% of water requested for the first time in years after massive winter storms
By The Associated PressApril 21, 2023
EnvironmentThe rules governing the Colorado River were made for a ‘previous world’ and the West is now confronting a 21st century nightmare as it runs dry
By Tristan BoveApril 15, 2023
Lake Mead shore.
Environment‘We’re all headed to a very dark place’: Emails reveal tense Colorado River talks amid megadrought
By Kathleen Ronayne, Felicia Fonseca and The Associated PressJanuary 29, 2023
Mississippi River
EnvironmentA massive drought is snarling trade on the Mississippi River. ‘It does take a lot of rainfall to really get the river to rise’
By Michael Phillis, Jim Salter, Jeff Roberson and The Associated PressOctober 28, 2022
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