(The Center Square) - U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, has co-introduced bipartisan legislation to extend a federal $450 million water recycling grant for Western states until 2032.

Western US wholesale power prices experienced a downward trend across several regions as the weekend commenced, with Palo Verde and Mid Columbia seeing significant decreases, while California's SP15 on-peak package rose slightly. The decreases are largely attributed to anticipated lower peakload demand in Arizona, New Mexico, and Southern Nevada, as well as weather conditions, whereas the Northwest saw an increase in power supply due to higher inflows at the Columbia Grand Coulee Dam.

Climate change is driving more frequent and more intense wildfires around the world, including in the United States. These huge blazes cause a range of problems that affect health, the environment, pr...

Water systems are vulnerable to melting plastic components, toxic contamination and failures that can leave firefighters without flowing water.

Long-standing water-use agreements allocate more water than the river and its basin actually contain, forcing users to cut back and face future shortages as well.