Growing less hay is the only way to keep the river’s water system from collapsing
Items by Jonathan Thompson
Historic political action, but is it enough?
Cleaning up the west could be as lucrative as wrecking it.
A closer look at the good and the bad of specific provisions in the historic climate bill, the Inflation Reduction Act.
A break down of the Inflation Reduction Act.
An unusually rainy Southwest summer is welcome — but much more is needed to end the water crisis.
How climate change makes wildfire more likely to happen all year round.
Filling the economic void left by the extraction economy by healing the land.
After New Mexico’s record-breaking fires, the politics of wildfire are morphing into weird configurations.
Is this wonder fuel truly green — or just another fossil fuel in disguise?
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.
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