I worked in the oil and gas industry. Volunteer emission controls don’t work.
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Without a drought, California takes stock
Infrastructure issues, dry wells and other troubles still linger across the Golden State.
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Jury deliberates in 2014 Bundy standoff trial
Cliven Bundy’s sway over his followers featured prominently in first of three trials.
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Week in review: April 14
Water to flow in Oroville spillway, Bertha breaks through and a dinosaur for Moab.
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Republicans set their sights on the EPA’s science
The federal agency that regulates our environment may soon have less data to work with.
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Wyoming can have cyanide bombs — but Idaho can’t
One state moves to protect livestock while another wants to use them on predators.
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Why I’m cheering golf’s steep decline
Thank millennials and a poor economy for the sport’s falling popularity.
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Land transfer advocates steer their focus to monuments
A transfer movement moves to rescind monuments and weaken the Antiquities Act.
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Two factions face off over Grand Staircase-Escalante
A community in gridlock over the monument’s future.
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Winter snows bring spring flows
After a record low two years ago, this season’s substantial Sierra snowpack highlights the variability of winter weather in the West.
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Congress is running out of time to repeal Obama orders
An effort to rescind the methane rule could fizzle.
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California isn’t accounting for this major emitter
Even though large reservoirs emit methane, the state doesn’t off-set their impact.
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Week in review: April 7
Trump helps controversial water project in Mojave; EPA cuts; DAPL doubts.
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West Obsessed: What drives explosive wildfires?
High Country News staff discusses science behind increasingly devastating blazes.
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Oregon youths get another chance at learning outdoors
Outdoor School tries to give children common ground on conservation.
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What happens when all the animals are gone?
We are heading for a time when wildlife no longer exists.
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A conversation with Obama’s top Interior lawyer
A look at how the department has changed its relationships with tribes, and at legal battles on the horizon.
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What the West was like before the EPA
The agency’s legacy isn’t perfect, but the region’s air and water are cleaner now than they once were.
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Trump Tower to be built within Bears Ears
The president says new monument is a ‘yuge’ investment opportunity.
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Week in review: March 31
Essential stories for understanding Trump’s climate order; plus a few weekend reads.