Rumors that a popular tourist train sparked the fire have forced a reckoning.
Items by Jonathan Thompson
A 2015 spill that turned the waterway orange is a reminder of mining’s disastrous legacy.
The way air travel has devolved says something awful about humans.
Newly released documents show that locals had little voice in monument decisions.
Indigenous activists try to quell a rising tide of oil and gas exploration in Chaco Canyon.
When it comes to monuments, Utah lawmakers have conflicts of interest.
Even without wholesale land transfers, public lands are already being conveyed to industry.
The West’s uranium boom brought dozens of mills to the banks of the Colorado River — where toxic waste was dumped irresponsibly.
Some say the Bears Ears shrinkage won’t change anything — they’re wrong.
Secretary Ryan Zinke will be known better for cynicism than conservationism.
The drastically reduced boundaries don’t line up with what the public wants.
In seven years, pipeline incidents have killed nearly 100 people nationwide.
As Nebraska OKs Keystone XL route, a look at U.S. oil spills since 2015.
How the Trump administration has seized mythologies around coal.
If Bears Ears shrinks, it will be to our national cultural detriment.
And in the darkness, bind them: The West’s bid for one big electric grid.
The Interior Secretary hints at a smaller, scattered national monument.
Enviro chief Scott Pruitt’s coal job numbers aren’t even close to accurate.
Rick Perry wants to save coal from solar and wind, but natural gas is the real culprit.
Trump and Sen. Orrin Hatch rely on dubious claims to attack national monuments.
Cleaner air, wounded economies.
The West’s coal giant is going down.
‘Tailings wars’ of the past provide perspective on today’s flaring rules.
Despite compromise, the controversial monument’s opposition is riled up.
The designation’s concessions are unlikely to appease ardent opponents.
The pipeline would have carried crude oil drilled around Chaco Culture National Historic Park.
It’s not about energy independence or even climate change. It’s all about profit.
Will laid-off energy workers get their jobs back? No. Regulations have nothing to do with this bust.
The president-elect is sure to roll back regulations, but he won’t end the oil and gas bust.
A landmark within the proposed Bears Ears Monument was sold to private interests.
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