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Western river compacts were innovative in the 1920s but couldn't foresee today's water challenges

The Western U.S. is in a water crisis, from California to Nebraska. An ongoing drought is predicted to last at least through July 2022. Recent research suggests that these conditions may be better labeled aridification – meaning that warming and drying are long-term trends.

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Biden increases oil royalty rate, scales back lease sales

The Biden administration is sharply raising rates for royalties companies must pay for oil and natural gas extracted from federal lands as it moves forward under court order with sales of public fossil fuel reserves in nine states

The Independent UK

In drought-stricken West, officials weigh emergency actions

Federal officials say it may be necessary to reduce water delivers to Colorado River users to prevent the shutdown of a huge dam on the Arizona-Utah border

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Appeals court says US downplayed coal mine's climate impacts

A federal appeals court says U.S. officials improperly downplayed the climate change effects from burning coal when they approved a large expansion at an underground Montana mine that would release an estimated 190 million tons of greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere

The Independent UK

Native American leaders seek more from US consultations

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland vowed on her first day on the job to ensure Native American tribes have opportunities to speak with her and the agencies she oversees

The Independent UK

Haaland: Report on Indigenous boarding schools expected soon

The Interior Department is on the verge of releasing a report on its investigation into the federal government's past oversight of Native American boarding schools

The Independent UK

"Significant deficiencies": Biden admin suspends Alaska mining road plans approved in Trump era

It's asking a court to send the permit back to the Interior Department for further analysis on environmental impacts.

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Interior Department approves $1B to clean up abandoned wells

The Department of Interior is spending $1.15 billion to create jobs across the United States by capping abandoned oil and gas wells in communities plagued for decades by air and water pollution from wells

The Independent UK

Judge nixes Gulf of Mexico oil leases in climate-focused ruling

"Barreling full-steam ahead with blinders on was simply not a reasonable action" for the Interior Department, judge said.

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