Kristi Noem’s firing as secretary of homeland security came partly because her department bypassed competitive bidding for contracts. An ongoing joint investigation between the Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism (CCIJ) and New Lines looks at how, under the Trump administration, ICE has used an “urgency stipulation” to privilege favored contractors.
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New Mexico’s Jackpile Mine, which contains waste that will remain toxic for thousands of years, has joined a list of the U.S.’s most heavily polluted places. New Mexico In Depth reports about how to protect residents against the danger of a former mining site.
‘Like a demon that’s always behind us’, the Jackpile Mine toxic legacy continues Read More »
In Fuller Acres, California, community members and advocates say water officials should be doing more to warn people about the presence of 1,2,3-Trichloropropane, a highly carcinogenic chemical found in the water at levels above the legal limit.
This Central Valley Town Has a Carcinogen in its Water. Why Are Solutions So Slow? Read More »
Agribusiness and its proponents say repairs will benefit disadvantaged towns. Those residents disagree.
Who should pay to fix California’s sunken canals? Read More »
Historically excluded from Colorado River policy, tribes want a say in how the dwindling resource is used. Access to clean water is a start. December 7, 2021 By Michael Elizabeth Sakas Ignacio residents, Marcella Gomez and Bernard Candelaria fill up thier water tanks at the Southern Ute Indian Tribe’s water distribution center south of Ignacio,
With farms, ranches and rural communities facing unprecedented threats, a worrying trend leads to a critical question: Who owns the water?
As West withers corporations consolidate land and water rights Read More »
Record-breaking drought along the Wasatch Front forces tough decisions about water supply.
Utah’s water dilemma Read More »
For two decades, the Bureau of Reclamation incentivized farmers to pump water faster than the resource could recover, despite warnings from its own scientists. This year, residents of Klamath County paid the price, as hundreds of household wells went dry.
Small California farmers struggle as ag titans wheel water for profit
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The very ground upon which Corcoran, Calif., was built has been slowly but steadily collapsing, a situation caused primarily not by nature but agriculture.
The Central California Town That Keeps Sinking Read More »
El terreno sobre el que se construyó Corcoran se ha derrumbado lenta pero constantemente, una situación causada principalmente por la agricultura y no por la naturaleza.
La ciudad de California que está hundiéndose Read More »
The Gila River Indian Community is restoring its “lifeblood” back through innovative partnerships and water exchanges.
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