Possible scenarios could include significant water reductions in lower-basin states or creating new incentives for states to conserve water.

Scott Franz, KUNC

The sluggish Colorado River negotiations have entered a new phase: Long and fiery letter writing.

States Blast Federal Playbook of Potential Colorado River Options 

With gasoline and oil prices rising, U.S. consumers are already feeling the effects of the Iran conflict and the consequences of a slow transition to cleaner alternatives.

By Dan Gearino

Oil prices shot up on Monday as disruptions related to the war in Iran sent shockwaves through financial markets, underscoring the risks for countries that have been slow to diversify beyond fossil fuels.

The Oil Price Shock Is Here. Its Arrival Provides a Familiar Warning.

Complaints become part of the record only if a violation is found, but the state has only 14 inspectors for thousands of hog, poultry and cattle farms known as concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs.

By Lisa Sorg

ROWLAND, N.C.—Brenda Schwab stopped her 16-year-old Ford pickup truck on Gaddy’s Mill Road and pointed to a chocolate-colored ridge about 30 feet long and 5 feet high, resting in a field and close to the road. A cold downpour had turned the air clammy. It smelled like a rancid pot pourri seeping through the truck windows, singeing the occupants’ sinuses and glomming onto their raincoats.

North Carolina Created Complaint Systems for Its Industrialized Farms. They Don’t Work Very Well.