Is this wonder fuel truly green — or just another fossil fuel in disguise?
Items by Jonathan Thompson
The region’s history with prosperity in the oil and gas industry looms over conversations about how to diversify its economy.
A virtually unknown company has a $1.4 billion plan to extend the life of the state’s largest coal-fired power plant. Critics say it’s likely to be a costly distraction from a just transition.
Despite momentum in 2017, drought and supply chain problems are complicating the shift from fossil fuels.
Climate disasters across the West wreak havoc on economies and livelihoods.
A whole host of factors has thrown the transition away from fossil fuels to more sustainable forms of energy off track.
Conservation and wildlife corridors can help, but is it enough?
This may not be the driest winter, the worst fire season or even the warmest spring on record, but taken together the conditions truly are superlative.
War hawks and climate hawks alike are calling for energy independence.
Putin’s military moves — and the globe’s response to them — have unexpected consequences for the region.
The administration resumes oil and gas leasing — and fixes a dysfunctional system in the process.
Drought and demand threaten a critical component of the Western grid.
When human data doesn’t go back far enough, researchers turn to natural archives.
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.
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