Amid the river’s worst water year on record and deadlocked negotiations over its future, the Bureau of Reclamation announced it will impose a new 10-year management plan if the states relying on the river don’t come to an agreement.

By Wyatt Myskow

BOULDER, Colo.—The federal government will impose a 10-year operating framework for managing water use in the Colorado River Basin by the end of this summer if the seven states that rely on the river cannot come to an agreement before then, said Scott Cameron, acting commissioner for the Bureau of Reclamation, at a water conference Thursday.

Feds Will Soon Impose New Framework on Colorado River if States Can’t Agree How to Manage It

Duke Energy could receive $28.4 million in federal grants for upgrades, matched by $44 million in ratepayer funds.

By Lisa Sorg

Duke Energy could receive $28.4 million in taxpayer money to upgrade two coal-fired power units in Person County, North Carolina, where residents are already contending with the construction of new natural gas plants, a pipeline and a proposed Microsoft data center.

Trump Administration Doubles Down on Coal Power in North Carolina

Mangroves store vast amounts of climate-warming carbon. Sea level rise may push them past the brink, according to a new study.

By Kiley Price

Mangrove forests have adapted over tens of millions of years to survive in harsh flooding from salty seas, while locking away vast stores of climate-warming carbon and protecting the world’s coastlines from storm surge.

Mangrove Forests Fight Climate Change—But Climate Change Is Fighting Back