MOUNT STORM, W.Va. (AP) — Down a long gravel road, tucked into the hills in West Virginia, is a low-slung building where researchers are extracting essential elements from an old coal mine that they hope will strengthen the nation’s energy future.

Source: Demand for rare elements used in clean energy could help clean up abandoned coal mines in Appalachia

By Jessica DomelMultimedia ReporterA funding bill that withholds more than $7 million from Mexico until it delivers the water it owes the United States, and South Texas, was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives.The House, on June 28, approved the $51-million Fiscal Year 2025 State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs bill in a 212

Source: Some progress in the fight for Texas water – Texas Farm Bureau

With the irrigation season still going strong, and recent rains temporarily swelling the Rio Grande, the river is running through most of New Mexico.

Source: A closer look at the SCOTUS ruling on the Rio Grande | News From The States

This month, Dr. Robert E. Mace explores academic publications on the topics of the potential for water reuse in Comal County, the characteristics of water market transactions in Texas, and the impacts of producing groundwater from the Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer to produce oil from the Eagle Ford Shale.

Source: think+water: Water reuse in the Hill Country, Texas water markets, and frack water from the Wilcox – Texas+Water

Rising temperatures are threatening groundwater, with millions potentially at risk by 2100.

Source: Groundwater Will Be Too Hot to Drink for 75 Million People by 2100

WACO, Texas — City of Waco officials continue to plan for the future as their new Water Conservation and Drought Contingency Plan went into effect July 1. 

Source: ‘Demand for water resources have continued to grow’ | Water conservation plan begins for Waco residents

The documentary, about a legal fight for water in the Texas town of Dell City, won big at the Dallas International Film Fest.

Source: Texas Documentary ‘Water Wars’ Exposes a Town’s Legal Fight for Water | Dallas Observer

Heading through eastern New Mexico, dairy cattle can be seen in farms beside the highway while flashing lights illuminate the wind farms at night. Large sprinklers irrigate the crop circles where, in the spring, the endangered lesser prairie chickens may venture out of the brush onto the fields to dance while keeping a close eye

Source: Searching for solutions: In New Mexico, researchers seek to make brackish water a viable supply – NM Political Report

South Texas has been experiencing a three-year drought, leaving the lower Rio Grande area in a critical state with two of the region’s major water reservoirs at record-low levels. The arrival…

Source: Tropical Storm Alberto didn’t aid South Texas’ drought as expected, the answer: more storms