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The deal will help the tribe raise money for infrastructure and services for its members while the water could ease the drought in the Southwest.

PARKER, Ariz. — Against a backdrop of the Colorado River, members of the Colorado River Indian Tribes watched Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs and Amelia Flores, the tribe’s chairwoman, sign a historic agreement on April 26 that asserts the tribe’s right to lease portions of their allocation of the river’s water to users away from the tribal land.

Historic Agreement with the Federal Government and Arizona Gives Colorado River Indian Tribes Control Over Use of Their Water off Tribal Land

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Mass Sloth Deaths in Florida Show Why the Wildlife Trade Is a Pandemic Risk

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Necropsy reports from sloths imported by a planned Orlando tourist attraction document stressed animals riddled with bacteria, parasites and viruses. Scientists say the situation is a warning about the threat the booming wildlife trade poses to human health.

When pathologists cut open dead sloths from a planned Florida tourist attraction, they found a plethora of pathogens.

Mass Sloth Deaths in Florida Show Why the Wildlife Trade Is a Pandemic Risk

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A Water Crisis Has The ‘Poster Boys’ of Iowa Farming Ready to Talk Regulation

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More than a decade of voluntary farm conservation programs hasn’t gotten the state far enough on water quality, the Lobe Rangers say.

ROCKWELL CITY, Iowa—James Hepp is sick of excuses.

A Water Crisis Has The ‘Poster Boys’ of Iowa Farming Ready to Talk Regulation

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The Terrible Combined With the Good

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Go behind the scenes with executive editor Vernon Loeb and North Carolina reporter Lisa Sorg as they explain how a new N.C. ratepayer bill would put the brakes on data centers while incentivizing the use of fossil fuels.

The Ratepayer Protection Act, making its way through the North Carolina legislature, conjoins two opposing ideas.

The Terrible Combined With the Good

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