Natural Disaster Risk Maps Nov 20, 2025
A new EU disaster-alert map shows all major events from the past four days across Europe, published by the EC-JRC. The map highlights…
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Irrigation: How Texas Farmers Make Every Drop Count
Texas faces a growing water crisis as drought and extreme heat drain surface and groundwater reserves. No one feels it more than the…
Nebraska/Colorado Water Lawsuit (Sept. 4, 2025 Webinar)
Nebraska has filed suit against Colorado in the U.S. Supreme Court over the South Platte River Compact. This webinar unpacks the lawsuit’s background,…
The state enforces water curtailment order after farmer defied orders
daho’s 2024 water settlement aimed to protect farms and aquifers by requiring groundwater users to join mitigation plans or face curtailment. This year’s…
DAM WARS! Rural Californians WOKE TO NO WATER
California is “putting fish over people, destroying century-old farms, and leaving families vulnerable to drought and wildfire,” says USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins. FERC’s…
Nova Scotia approves glyphosate spraying on 3,577 acres of drought-stricken, fire-prone forest
Spraying woodlands with herbicides increases flammable material, worsening wildfire risks during droughts that have reduced rivers and water supplies needed to fight fires….
Microsoft’s Stargate AI Data Center Drains Half a Billion Gallons in Drought-Stricken Abilene, TX
Microsoft’s Stargate AI data center drained half a billion gallons of water from drought-hit Abilene, Texas. By 2030, AI centers could use 7%…
Imperial Valley goes dry as farmers act to protect river
Irrigators in California’s Imperial Valley cut off water to 150,000 acres—about a third of local farmland—after a federal deal to conserve Colorado River…