We need to care for the priced-out average worker or something is bound to break.
Items by Jonathan Thompson
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.
COVID-19 impacts ripple through every sector of the economy.
But who’s the enemy?
Under a pandemic, Trump backslides pollution and wildlife protection standards.
COVID-19 reverberates across the energy world.
Climate change and unregulated wells are depleting the West’s groundwater reserves.
Why a decisive societal response is needed.
The U.S. is a net exporter of petroleum, so why isn’t it energy independent?
Three years of rollbacks have taken a toll, without delivering real benefits.
Moving land-management HQ out of Washington illustrates the ‘deconstruction of the administrative state.’
Compare the annual waste produced by a coal-burning power plant and a nuclear generating station.
The state faces a future without an industry that’s been very good to it.
Species extinction, near-constant wildfire and widespread drought are a few dangers William Perry Pendley might consider instead.
More mechanized traffic in already crowded parks is another Trump administration gift to industry and Utah politicians.
A unified grid would allow for easier sharing of wind and solar power.
‘We’re on a death train, economically.’
(Most) of those living in the West have the public lands’ best interest at heart.
The agency failed to consider water use.
Energy industry lobbying could lead to more mining from Bears Ears to Wyoming.
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