Strawberry Fields Forever? Thirsty Baja California Turns to Seawater to Grow Lucrative Crop

In the Pacific Northwest, Native Fishing Rights Take on a Role as Environmental Protector

Changing Currents: Picturing a Northwest Without Cheap, Public Hydropower

Painful Experience Helps to Chart the Future of Groundwater in Ventura County

The fraught statewide…

Decarbonizing California’s Energy Diet

California’s ambitious energy goals may lead the state toward…

Beyond the Coal Boom: Powder River Basin Residents Look to a Diversified Future

California’s Vehicle Emissions Fight Continues a 50-Year Struggle

California’s resistance to federal…

By Treating Obstacles to Health, Community Health Workers Also Treat a Troubled System

Welcome to the world of community health workers. The job, part medical aide and part social worker, is a tradition…

In Other Words, Water

From multiple tongues came multiple terms for how water flows, and how it works in the West.