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'We are deeply concerned': Arizona leaders ask Congress for emergency funding to protect Colorado River

Arizona Daily Star
Arizona expected to take a 31% cut in Colorado River supplies

AP
Giraffes given a new home in Uganda to escape oil drilling in the country’s largest park

Hurricane Fausto strengthens into Category 2 storm, expected to approach Hawaiian Islands next week

At least 50 people killed and 700,000 displaced by India floods after monsoon rains
Spain declares an emergency after wildfires force evacuations of 10,000 people
What to know about the predictions for a potentially record-breaking El Nino
Taylor Farms recalls lettuce shipped to 27 states over cyclospora risk

Baltimore Sun
Gerald Winegrad: A global warming apocalypse approaches
Growing smarter farmers: Morgan State, neighborhoods localize climate science

Carbon Brief
State of the climate: Rapidly developing El Niño raises chance of record-warm 2026

CBS News
Denver Water asks customers to stick to watering restrictions, hopes residents "work even harder at conserving"
Colorado ranchers sell cattle as drought worsens and creeks and reservoirs reach historic lows
Drought conditions in many parts of Colorado remain extreme, but monsoon should help

Climate Central
Climate change is intensifying an extreme and widespread U.S. heat wave

Code Blue
Climate Change Raises Antibiotic Resistance In Common Pathogens

Colorado Newsline
Climate horrors in Colorado are no longer just a threat. They’ve arrived.

Colorado Sun
Colorado’s largest wildfires this summer could cost a quarter billion dollars, early estimates show
Firefighters, biologists work together to rescue Uncompahgre cutthroat from charred forest
Sweetwater residents blast Forest Service plan for development around Sweetwater Lake
Colorado’s Western Slope D.C. lawmakers propose blocking controversial Glenwood Springs limestone mine expansion  Over development for remote area

Coyote Gulch
5 lessons from 20 years of climate surveys: Political party matters, but it doesn’t explain everything
Tribal nations reaffirm commitment to Bears Ears National Monument following monument rollbacks: The Reduction of Bears Ears National Monument is Another Broken Promise — The Ark Valley Voice
Division 3 Water Court Judge Michael Gonzales: It looks like both sides are ‘setting up an appeal’; Allowing testimony from former state engineer is the latest objection — Chris Lopez (AlamosaCitizen.com) #SanLuisValley #RioGrande
Crunch time for #conservation: Customers are conserving amid drought, but a record-hot year keeps the pressure on — Todd Hartman (DenverWater.org) #SouthPlatteRiver #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
More than half of Earth’s migratory bird species are declining – here’s how we can still save them
President Trump’s Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante national monuments shrinkage maps are out, and they are ugly. Plus: BLM moves to erase Chaco buffer zone; random real estate room — Jonathan P. Thompson (LandDesk.org)
Anticipated rain for #Colorado’s mountains has forecasters starting to say ‘the monsoon is here’: The #drought-stricken mountains could use the rain, but the #monsoon also brings the risk of lightning and wind — Steamboat Pilot & Today

Desert Review
Federal proposal could reshape Colorado River management after 2026

EDF
Why we need a new story for the Colorado River

Freebeacon
Colorado Dem Running for Congress as 'Friend' of Ranchers Urged Meat Producers To 'Transition' to Plants To Fight Climate Change

Grist
As climate lawsuits advance, the oil industry enters ‘panic mode’
Indigenous leaders give the UN a roadmap for protecting their peoples

High Country News
Pueblo leaaders, New  Mexico lawmakers speak out to protect Chaco Canyon

KDVR
This fish is no longer classified as endangered in Colorado  not everyone agrees about ther razorback sucker

LaPorte North Forty News
Rethinking the Modern Lawn in Northern Colorado

Living on Earth
Climate Change Speeding Up

LA Times
California dodges a bullet on Colorado River cuts

Maven's Notebooks
WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for July 19-24: California dodges a bullet on Colorado River cuts; Could water rights scuttle Sites?; Will the “super” El Niño fill Tulare Lake?
DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: California dodges a bullet on Colorado River cuts; New report documents challenges and applications for telemetered water monitoring
DRI and OpenET are partnering with the Upper Colorado River Commission and the Bureau of Reclamation to expand evaporation monitoring on the Colorado River

Mountain Mail
Op-ed: Corporate messaging targets Colorado agriculture

Nation Magazine
World Cup Hydration Breaks Were Not About Commercials
Multi-century cooling after net-zero greenhouse gas emissions

Nature
Tracking the status of global evidence

NY Times
Critical Wildfire Weather in Oregon, Idaho and Washington
Mamdani Commits $43 Million to Jump-Start Effort to Stop N.Y.C. Flooding
Wildfires in France and Spain Drive Tens of Thousands From Their Homes
Clock Ticks Down to Europe’s Ban on Russian Gas Tankers
China Wields Its Rare Earth Leverage Over Europe With New Export Controls
Faced With Heat and Wildfires, France Turns to Spain to Learn How to Cope

Phys.org
New methods for removing harmful nitrates from drinking water identified
Unraveling the climate behind the collapse of Bronze Age civilizations
Review finds lack of evidence as to whether planting around our homes reduces the pollution we breathe
More than 80,000 flee forest infernos in France and Spain
Researchers develop AI-driven method to improve forecasts weeks in advance
Wildfires: What can the UK and other nations learn from Australia's world‑leading fire response systems?
Fossilized wood reveals 300 million years of Earth's history
Can ocean chemistry be altered to absorb carbon? The pros and cons
Small tropical islands face dangerous humid heat by end of the century
Mapping project helps protect coastal world heritage sites from climate threats
Thousands flee wildfires in southern Europe
AI unlocks Atlantic circulation insights from 20 years of ocean float data

Press Democrat
Close to Home: You may not believe in climate change, but your insurance company does

The Sun
Millions face potential water & power cuts as key US reservoirs hit record low

Wired
One of NASA’s Most Important Deep Space Observatories Hit by Spanish Wildfires
The 2026 El Niño Is On Track to Be the Strongest On Record

WyoFile
Burgum, Gordon discuss Western values, agriculture, Colorado River Basin water at Cheyenne Frontier Days

CBC
Climate change is slowly making our days longer, say scientists |

The Guardian
The Guardian view on ponds: these freshwater havens need a law of their own 

A global threat for millennia: experts warn Australia’s nuclear submarine legacy will be weapons-usable uranium cache

UK households free to install plug-in balcony solar panels from end of August

How dangerous are wildfires and how can we stop them from getting worse?
Parts of England under heat alert with 30C possible
Nutrients in our food are declining. Can regenerative agriculture save it?
What can the Galápagos Islands’ animals teach us about the threats of El Niño?
‘Total chaos’: the biological wonderland threatened by Trump’s border wall
Thousands flee wildfires in France and Spain as temperatures reach extreme levels in southern Europe
Experience: I hunt for missing hikers in remote mountains

BBC
France orders evacuation of tourist spot as hundreds flee wildfires by boat
Heatwave anxiety can make you feel 'incredibly helpless' - here's how to manage it
Thurrock Council becomes latest to scrap net-zero policies  "reform" walks back again

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