Stories by Abrahm Lustgarten

The latest in ProPublica's “Killing the Colorado” series looks at how, despite decades of accepted science, California and Arizona still miscount their water supplies

The problems are as much structural and systemic as they are natural

The latest in ProPublica’s “Killing the Colorado” series looks inside the power plant fueling America’s drought

ProPublica's “Killing the Colorado” series examines a 139-year-old water law that pushes ranchers to use as much water as they possibly can, even during a drought

ProPublica examines the wheeling and dealing that Pat Mulroy has orchestrated over nearly three decades to find more water for Las Vegas and use it to help the city keep expanding

ProPublica examination shows that the scarcity of water is as much a man-made crisis as a natural one

New rules governing how energy companies frack on federal lands represent a significant step toward protecting drinking water resources in some of the most heavily drilled parts of the country

The state warns that fracking for natural gas might be contaminating aquifers used as a source for drinking water

Aquifer exemptions give industry permission to pollute underground freshwater reservoirs

The growing number of wells used to dispose of wastewater from fracking are subject to lax oversight

Leaking injection wells may pose a risk--and the science has not kept pace with the growing glut of wastewater

The finding is likely to shape how the U.S. regulates and develops natural gas resources across the eastern Appalachians

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finds fracking compounds in environmental monitoring wells

The health impacts of the aftermath of natural gas production remain largely unexplored

Policymakers and the energy industry have been looking to natural gas in recent years as a more climate friendly fuel with half the greenhouse gas emissions of coal, but EPA research is casting doubt on that plan

On Thursday BP began using the chemical compounds to dissolve the crude oil, both on the surface and deep below, deploying an estimated 100,000 gallons

The global oil giant responsible for the fast-spreading spill in the Gulf of Mexico is no stranger to major accidents

Wastewater from natural gas drilling in New York State is radioactive, as high as 267 times the limit safe for discharge into the environment and thousands of times the limit safe for people to drink

A new environmental review from New York State details some of the issues surrounding drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus shale

Federal environment officials investigating drinking water contamination have found that at least three water wells contain a chemical used in the natural gas drilling process of hydraulic fracturing

This crucial line of transportation crosses the Tibetan Plateau, parts of which are barely below freezing. Will any added warmth--either from climate change or the railway itself--destabilize the track's frozen foundation?

Drilling for natural gas has caused explosions, polluted aquifers and even burning water

A rush to develop domestic oil, gas and uranium deposits along the Colorado River and its tributaries threatens its future

The natural gas industry refuses to reveal what is in the mixture of chemicals used to drill for the fossil fuel