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The Supreme Court wrestles with questions over the Navajo Nation's water rights

Becky Sullivan

Almost a third of the reservation's 170,000 residents lack access to clean, reliable drinking water. The tribe wants to be able to represent itself in litigation over the Colorado River.
The Supreme Court hears a case with implications for the shrinking Colorado River

Eric Whitney

The Navajo Nation says the federal government isn't delivering water it's owed from the Colorado River. The case could affect how much water is available for non-tribal uses.

Health & Science

What is Babesiosis? A rare tick-borne disease is on the rise in the Northeast

Emily Olson

Lyme Disease isn't the only tick-driven illness that residents of the northeast should worry about. The CDC says cases of Babesiosis, which can cause flu-like symptoms, are on the rise in 8 states.
Environment

Activists spread misleading information to fight solar

Michael Copley

Citizens for Responsible Solar is part of a growing backlash against renewable energy in rural communities across the United States.
Environment

Markey calls Biden's decision to back the Willow Project 'an environmental injustice'

Ari Shapiro

The Biden administration approved a major oil extraction project in Alaska, a decision that has divided Democrats. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Sen. Ed Markey, who opposes the project.
Environment

The EPA's new 'good neighbor' rule targets downwind pollution by power plants

The Associated Press

Nearly two-dozen states will have to cut harmful industrial emissions of nitrogen oxide and other pollutants, improving air quality for millions of people living in downwind communities.
Environment

Meet the sargassum belt, a 5,000-mile-long snake of seaweed circling Florida

Emily Olson

Since 2011, a fleet of seaweed patches double the size of the contiguous U.S. has cycled from West Africa to Florida, threatening beaches from Martinique to Miami. This year, it could grow bigger.
Environment

New EPA regulations target PFAs in drinking water

Gabrielle Emanuel

The EPA proposed new regulations for PFAS and PFOA in the nation's drinking water. The chemicals are part of a class of so-called forever chemicals associated with a variety of health problems.
Environment

EPA moves to limit toxic 'forever chemicals' in drinking water

The Associated Press

The EPA proposed limiting the amount of harmful "forever chemicals" in drinking water to the lowest detectable levels, a move it said will save thousands of lives and prevent serious illnesses.
Environment

Indigenous groups lash out after an oil drilling project is approved in Alaska

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Jade Begay of the group NDN Collective, which advocates for indigenous communities, about the White House approving the controversial Willow drilling project in Alaska.
Environment

In Florida, an invasive snail is helping save an endangered bird

Greg Allen

The population of an endangered bird, the Everglade snail kite, has rebounded recently. Scientists it's all thanks to an invasive snail that has provided kites with a new abundant food source.
Environment

Alaska oil project gets the green light

Liz Ruskin - Alaska Public Media

ConocoPhillip's $8 billion Willow project in the Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve will move ahead. Biden put millions of acres off-limits to future oil drilling; environment groups aren't thrilled.