As the Colorado River water shortage worsens, major cutbacks are needed to reduce most perilous risks, a federal official tells senators.

Arizona is leasing farmland to a Saudi company, straining aquifers and threatening future water supplies for Phoenix

California regulators issued an order telling Nestlé to halt 'unauthorized' water diversions, saying it doesn't have valid rights to much of it.

With news outlets from the Associated Press to Fox News calling the election in favor of Joe Biden on Saturday, President Trump’s camp continued their legal efforts to contest the election results,...

California regulators issued an order telling Nestlé to halt 'unauthorized' water diversions, saying it doesn't have valid rights to much of it.

Five tribes on California's coast are moving forward in their efforts to protect marine ecosystems as part of the Tribal Marine Stewards Network.

The following announcement was sent on behalf of Deputy Managing Editor Shelby Grad: Please join me in welcoming our new Metro staffers.

California regulators issued an order telling Nestlé to halt 'unauthorized' water diversions, saying it doesn't have valid rights to much of it.

For the first time since 2006, California has opened a flood relief valve on the Kern River to ease pressure from the heavy Sierra snowmelt. The valve will divert floodwaters into the California...

Researcher asks: “What happens if you know the drought is never going to end?”

Despite a request by Gov. Gavin Newsom to voluntarily reduce water use by 15%, Southern California has yet to start conserving, figures show

'They're shipping hay back to their country': Foreign firms have snapped up farmland in western Arizona. As water drops, residents demand changes.

The airport replaced 11 acres of turf with native flora as part of a water conservation project expected to save nearly half a million dollars a year.

The Colorado River is approaching a breaking point, its over-tapped reservoirs dropping. Years of drying have taken a toll at the river's source in the Rockies.

Years ago, scientists said climate change would bring a Colorado River crisis. Their warnings, which largely went unheeded, are now playing out.

The West is experiencing its most severe megadrought in a millennium, according to a new study. Scientists say climate change is playing a major role.

No one alive has seen the Rio Grande as it looks today. A dry, cracking riverbed now snakes through Big Bend National Park.

An environmental group on Tuesday petitioned the California Fish and Game Commission to designate the western Joshua Tree as threatened, a push sure to set off battles with desert developers.

In areas where unlimited pumping is allowed, farms are drilling deep wells and groundwater levels are dropping. Some homeowners' wells have dried up.

The Los Angeles Times is expanding its coverage of the environment with the debut of Climate California.

People have been warning about the breakdown of the Colorado River for decades. It's now at a tipping point. Today, we kick off our six-part special on this vital source of water for the American...

Journalists from the Los Angeles Times travel along the Colorado River to examine how the Southwest is grappling with the water crisis.

The farm barons of Tulare Lake Basin want to continue pumping groundwater at volumes collapsing the San Joaquin Valley. That puts the region at greater risk of damaging floods — and in greater need...

Arizona is leasing farmland to a Saudi company, straining aquifers and threatening future water supplies for Phoenix

We asked eight experts if the global mobilization to slow the pandemic might pave the way for climate action.

Conservationists warn that unchecked groundwater pumping threatens to dry up stretches of the Verde River.

Seven states have agreed to cut water use to boost the Colorado River's depleted reservoirs, reaching a consensus after months of negotiations.

Much of the Colorado River's water is used for agriculture. A new study shows 46% of the water that is diverted is used to grow hay to feed cattle.

California's state water board is investigating questions about Nestle's water rights in a national forest.

Amid worsening water shortages in the Southwest, investors are seeking big profits by buying farms and moving water to fast-growing cities.

Companies tapping springs and aquifers in California with little oversight

Arizona is leasing farmland to a Saudi company, straining aquifers and threatening future water supplies for Phoenix

Arizona is leasing farmland to a Saudi company, straining aquifers and threatening future water supplies for Phoenix

A new bill bans the irrigation of all “nonfunctional” turf in Las Vegas — decorative grass in medians, outside businesses and housing developments — by the end of 2026.

'A glimmer of hope': Tribe offers prayers for endangered Chinook salmon as eggs are returned to the McCloud River for the first time since the 1940s.

Arizona is leasing farmland to a Saudi company, straining aquifers and threatening future water supplies for Phoenix

Hoover Dam has helped store Colorado River water since 1935, but reservoir levels are nearing the lowest point since Lake Mead was filled.

Arizona is leasing farmland to a Saudi company, straining aquifers and threatening future water supplies for Phoenix

Arizona is leasing farmland to a Saudi company, straining aquifers and threatening future water supplies for Phoenix

Proposed legislation calls for $6.7 billion to bring clean drinking water to Native American communities. Indigenous leaders say it's long overdue.

The federal government is telling seven states to make plans for drastically cutting water use along the Colorado River within two months.

An Indigenous leader says the 30 tribes along the Colorado River need to be included 'at the decision-making table' as the West grapples with drought.

A year ago, about 4% of the West was in a severe drought. Now, about 58% of the West is labeled as being in a severe, extreme or exceptional drought.

Arizona is leasing farmland to a Saudi company, straining aquifers and threatening future water supplies for Phoenix

Gabriella Cázares-Kelly said she's proud to break a barrier, but knows much work remains to give Indigenous voters a say in government.

California legislators passed a bill giving water regulators authority to investigate whether some of the state’s oldest water rights are valid.

Newly discovered damage in Glen Canyon Dam would require releasing less water at low reservoir levels — a problem that increases water risks in the Southwest.

California regulators issued an order telling Nestlé to halt 'unauthorized' water diversions, saying it doesn't have valid rights to much of it.

Tens of millions of people — and millions of acres of farmland — rely on the Colorado River’s water. But as its supply shrinks, these farmers get more water from the river than entire states.

California regulators have ordered the company that sells Arrowhead bottled water to stop taking much of the water it pipes from a national forest.

While the long-term effects are uncertain, researchers say the construction of the wall has cut through habitats already threatened by the changing climate.

California regulators issued an order telling Nestlé to halt 'unauthorized' water diversions, saying it doesn't have valid rights to much of it.

California has approved a plan to use more than 600,000 acre-feet of floodwaters to replenish groundwater and supply wildlife refuges in the Central Valley.

Rapid warming millions of years ago drastically altered plants and forests on Earth. Now, scientists see the beginnings of a more sudden, disruptive rearrangement of the world’s flora.

Lake Mead now sits at 36% of full capacity, the lowest it's been since it was filled in the 1930s, and has dropped 20 vertical feet in the past year

Thanks to multiple atmospheric river events, average snowpack in California has gone from 18% to 98% in just two weeks.

Use of Colorado River water in the three states of the river’s lower basin fell to a 33-year low in 2019.

Native activists fought for years to build support for taking down dams on the Klamath River in Northern California. Now, they hope removing the dams will help save their salmon.

The warming climate is intensifying drought, contributing to fires and drying out the river's headwaters, sending consequences cascading downstream.

A Saudi company that grows hay in Arizona and California and exports it to the Middle East will lose several farmland leases amid a controversy over water.