The Moapa Solar Energy Center would have provided 175 megawatts to Nevada’s largest utility.
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Montana mycologist fights fungus with fungus
To save whitebark pines, apply slippery jack.
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The oil boom hasn’t busted, but it’s straining at the seams
Oil patch communities and states are starting to feel the impacts of sliding prices.
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Remembering an environmental science pioneer
Theo Colborn uncovered effects of chemicals, like those used in fracking, on the human body.
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When Christmas was all about hard times and a little frolicking
As near as I can tell from historical accounts, in order to celebrate a traditional Christmas in the West a couple of hundred years ago, you needed to get so riotous and tipsy that you could forget that you were starving. Rather than decorate any evergreen trees, you’d happily burn them as firewood. In 1800, […]
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A progress report on the Colorado River pulse
Researchers are sifting through the impacts of last spring’s release.
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How Native Americans have shaped the year’s biggest environmental debates
And how lawmakers can improve their record next year.
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What I learned from 30 years with the Forest Service
After working for the Forest Service for 30 years, I finally had to write a book about it — especially about some of the painful lessons I learned. Here are just a few of them. It will come as no surprise that it wasn’t easy being a woman in what was, and remains, a man’s […]
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Enough is enough at the Glen Canyon Recreation Area
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area is a mess. Amazingly, it’s not so much from the reservoir that drowned it 50 years ago; it’s because of what the park’s visitors are doing to it today. I say this because I’ve spent most of my career photographing wilderness areas in Grand Canyon, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument and […]
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Killings by cops are much more common in Western states
Arrest-related death rates are highest in New Mexico, with Nevada and Oregon close behind.
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Vigiling with Dad
He tells me to park close to the vigil site, but far enough down the block to allow for a view from the street. It is noon, a spectacular fall day. The sun is edging onto the bench where dad likes to sit. We unload signs – “War Is Not The Answer,” “An Eye for […]
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For public lands, massive protections in defense bill
But not all conservation groups think the gains are worth the losses.
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Drilling the Arctic comes with a 75 percent chance of a large oil spill
Key findings from a new environmental analysis.
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Conflicting forecasts for natural gas
A new study suggests that estimates for U.S. supplies may be vastly overstated.
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Cities look to farms for help in Colorado River drought
West’s biggest water agencies finalize a major agreement to boost Lake Mead levels.
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Is Las Vegas betting the Colorado River will go dry?
Las Vegas is a city that plays the odds, and if you want to know which odds to play, you need to follow the smart money. Unfortunately, that money seems to be moving toward building yet more dams that will drain yet more water out of an already oversubscribed Colorado River. Unlike most cities in […]
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The most important wildlife management plans you’ve never heard of
Western states scramble to prepare Wildlife Action Plans, due in 2015.
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Killing wolves to protect cattle may backfire
A new study raises questions about how to handle livestock conflicts.
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Mining proposal threatens Arizona town’s water supply
Report outlines risks that mine will deplete aquifer and contaminate groundwater.
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Cleaner air for the Cowboy State
Even remote spots like the Wind Rivers could benefit from the EPA’s proposed crack down on polluters.