When human data doesn’t go back far enough, researchers turn to natural archives.
Items by Jonathan Thompson
From data center warehouses to cryptocurrency, technology is another energy hog.
The high court is taking up an Idaho case that could obliterate federal protection for much of the West’s waters.
The need for energy-transition metals breathes life into new mines in the West.
The new president sacrificed bold executive action to try to win over Congress.
There was one constant: Heat.
The one-time intern turned publisher, and now senior development officer, retires to a mic and his camera.
How history, tax policies and gentrification play into wealth inequity.
The act is the New Deal redux, with a splash of ecosystem restoration.
What you can’t see can hurt.
Utility equipment sparks blazes, but climate change stokes them.
Increase park funding instead.
Climate change and rising demand are sucking the life out of the Southwest’s water supply.
The ghosts of the uranium boom continue to haunt the land, water and people.
Heat and drought combined are especially harmful to the power system.
Land managers and gateway communities struggle to keep up.
The benefits of a national monument in San Juan County outweigh the costs.
The burgeoning marijuana industry gobbles up electricity.
We need to care for the priced-out average worker or something is bound to break.
Gun-related violence soars along with sales.
The bloodthirsty legacies of settler-colonialism and Western expansion endure today.
Trump’s promised inexpensive, impregnable wall was anything but.
Low snowfall has led to catastrophic conditions around the West.
There’s economic development in reclaiming coal mines and plugging idled wells.
A half-century ago, the ‘Big Buildup’ transformed the West; now, it’s all coming to an end.
Remote workers are flocking to Western towns.
From Alaska to Wyoming, evidence shows the climate is off-kilter in the West.
The president-elect has an opportunity to rebuild better than before.
Census method of counting prisoners distorts demographics.
While the region continues to grow, migration patterns are in flux.
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