Changing demographics, including an aging rural population, put more pressure on health care systems.
Items by Paige Blankenbuehler
Governor’s bill blocks transport to markets in Asia.
Is the closure of the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant good or bad for the climate?
Interventions intended to reduce over-prescription of pain medicine may unintentionally be feeding a rise in heroin use in southwest Colorado.
The EPA has already spent $100 million to remediate decades of mining.
In ‘Death Valley: Painted Light,’ the landscape takes on abstract forms.
A new study from the Energy Information Administration finds the Clean Power Plan speeds coal’s decline.
In western Colorado, two visions for the future of fossil fuels collide at a BLM listening session.
This summer’s record-breaking temperatures hasten glacier, permafrost melt.
EPA says the Clean Water Act is enough to ensure stream health.
Coal mines are scaling back and shutting down — and jobs are disappearing.
A generation of young Western activists are using outdoor sports as a step towards conservation.
USGS now says the region has the nation’s second-largest reserves, but a flush market means little will change for now.
In California, Arizona and New Mexico, an underperforming weather pattern increased wildfire risk.
Illicit drugs move through this region at farther distances and greater speeds.
A judge ruled in favor of San Francisco water needs over the valley’s restoration.
How an over-taxed basin is getting its water use under control.
Agencies have historically culled bison to prevent the spread of brucellosis to cattle.
Fish and Wildlife Service hopes proposal will entice energy developers to obtain permits for eagle deaths.
On the trail of a backcountry criminal with the Forest Service.
Renewable energy installations can cause thousands of bird deaths but have been slow to respond.
In much of California, Arizona and New Mexico El Niño and La Niña have combined to create dry fuels, ready to burn.
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