A landmark within the proposed Bears Ears Monument was sold to private interests.
Items by Jonathan Thompson
The privatized parcel within the proposed Bears Ears national monument could be a sign of things to come.
The tribal push for a Bears Ears monument raises thorny questions of homeland and sovereignty.
Battle lines over a proposed Bears Ears monument are blurred, dividing tribes and towns.
The rules target new oil and gas infrastructure.
The suit is the first blow in what is likely to be a long legal fracas.
In a place where history, culture and geography intermingle, ‘local’ can be hard to define.
How the Animas River disaster forced Silverton to face its pollution problem — and its destiny.
A tangled history of profit, tragedy and unfulfilled dreams.
Low prices have energy companies and communities reeling as rig counts plummet and unemployment climbs.
The national park system does more than celebrate beauty. It also commemorates the ugliest parts of our past.
Where a sprawling network of actors find common cause.
How rural ‘constitutional’ peace officers are joining the war against the feds.
FBI calls for removal of occupiers following eight arrests and the death of one man late Tuesday.
The rule will help conserve natural gas and mitigate pollution, targeting 100,000 existing wells.
California’s Aliso Canyon is a reminder that methane emissions are widespread, poorly regulated — and ongoing.
Today’s movement is a radical, perverted version of the 1970s-80s rebellion.
Here are the most vocal occupiers, along with a core group of militia members staying in Burns.
A look at how the feds have — and have not — punished individuals for defying regulations.
A new science and education center gives rural Utah a boost.
Aliso Canyon has leaked more greenhouse gases in two months than a coal mine does in a year.
Utilities should view legalization as an opportunity, not a threat.
Eight things you need to know about coalbed methane mining.
How ‘Blood & Oil’ in today’s Bakken and ‘Dynasty’ in a 1980s Colorado match up.
A new study finds other energy extraction methods have a bigger impact.
All you need to know, and then some, about selling U.S. oil overseas.
Scientists zero in on the culprits behind a giant plume of greenhouse gases.
The nuts and bolts of acid mine drainage.
The greenhouse gas that seeps from underground is both a problem and opportunity.
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