INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: NOAA Fisheries takes a ‘sharp turn away from science’ Inside Climate News Fish and wildlife September 9, 2026The agency’s focus on commercial interests threatens fisheries science and over one million miles of protected marine habitats. By Johnny...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Can California farmers break free from plastic? Inside Climate News Agriculture August 28, 2026Microplastics in waterways and soil are fueling calls to reduce the pervasiveness of plastic in agriculture. By Liza Gross, Inside...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: 20,000 Salmon Return to the Klamath—but Challenging Conditions for Recovery Remain Inside Climate News Fish and wildlife August 28, 2026In the two years since dam removal on the Klamath River in California and Oregon, fall-run chinook salmon have come...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: The biggest carbon polluters are to blame for half of Western water lost to climate change, ‘groundbreaking’ paper says Inside Climate News Climate change August 25, 2026Some of the most impactful changes have come in the stressed Colorado River basin. By Jake Bolster, Inside Climate News...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: This year’s El Niño could spell disaster for West Coast fishermen Inside Climate News Ecosystems July 29, 2026Warming waters will severely disrupt food chains, leaving West Coast crews unable to catch commercial stocks, warn ocean advocates. By...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Global warming unmakes winter in the West Inside Climate News Climate change July 23, 2026A new climate attribution study shows that heating from greenhouse gases could drive extreme snow droughts in the region every...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: As commercial salmon fishing resumes in California, the industry faces a murky outlook Inside Climate News Fish and wildlife July 21, 2026State restoration efforts and federal disaster funding are helping the fish and the people who depend on it, but ongoing...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: California’s first carbon capture project is up and running. Environmentalists are still trying to stop it. Inside Climate News Climate change July 4, 2026As the state drafts pipeline rules for projects injecting CO2 underground, environmental groups are pressing for a more thorough assessment...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: El Niño is here and will have ‘big consequences’ for global weather Inside Climate News Hydrology June 22, 2026Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Feds will soon impose new framework on Colorado River if states can’t agree how to manage it Inside Climate News Colorado River June 6, 2026Amid the river’s worst water year on record and deadlocked negotiations over its future, the Bureau of Reclamation announced it...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Colorado River faces ‘devastating consequences’ if another dry winter lands, experts warn Inside Climate News Colorado River June 3, 2026Even a huge snowpack during the coming winter would only give the river basin states less than two years of...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Why wildfire experts are so worried about this year’s fire season Inside Climate News Wildfires and watersheds May 31, 2026With a puny snowpack in the Western mountains and a widespread drought, the nation is a tinderbox. A reorganization of...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: New paper shows surges of concentrated precipitation can lead to dryer landscapes Inside Climate News Hydrology May 15, 2026Snow and rain in the American West is concentrating at one of the highest rates in the world, researchers found,...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: As El Niño approaches, scientists predict fierce heatwaves, wildfires and floods Inside Climate News Hydrology May 13, 2026Emerging Pacific Ocean heat, combined with ongoing human-caused global warming, is a grim recipe for deadly climate extremes. Heat alone...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: California will soon have more than 300 data centers. Where will they get their water? Inside Climate News Planning and management April 29, 2026A 330-megawatt data center proposed in the Imperial Valley would need 750,000 gallons of water a day. Satisfying the thirst...
