The West’s uranium boom brought dozens of mills to the banks of the Colorado River — where toxic waste was dumped irresponsibly.
Items by Jonathan Thompson
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.
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.
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