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Forever chemicals: California unveils health goals for contaminated drinking water

07.23.2021
Rachel Becker
Thieves are stealing California’s scarce water. Where’s it going? Illegal marijuana farms.
07.22.2021
by Julie Cart
An entire California town is without running water—in a heat wave
06.30.2021
by Melissa Montalvo
Will history repeat in a dry Klamath Basin this summer?
06.22.2021
by Anna V. Smith / High Country News
Running out of water and time: How unprepared is California for 2021’s drought?
05.24.2021
by Julie Cart + Rachel Becker
Tensions rise in the Klamath Basin as feds further reduce water allotments to farmers
05.21.2021
by Jessica Fu
Frogs in the water, sheep poop near the fields: FDA raises flags about onion farm linked to massive Salmonella outbreak
05.17.2021
by Jessica Fu
Regenerative agriculture needs a reckoning
05.03.2021
by Joe Fassler
Amid severe drought in Oregon farming region, competing needs for water spark tense debate over what comes first—farmers, endangered fish, or tribal food sovereignty
04.27.2021
by Jessica Fu