A company announced it found the country’s highest-grade rare earth deposit in Montana.
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The Biden administration just approved a huge oil project in Alaska
The Willow project threatens local lifeways and wildlife in Nuiqsut, Alaska.
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Bringing co-stewardship to Wyoming’s Red Desert
A Q&A with the Indigenous Land Alliance of Wyoming’s Yufna Soldier Wolf.
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Western legislatures take on foreign land ownership
Six bills in six states propose limits on who can own land, homes and natural resources in the region.
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Construction starts on Nevada’s Thacker Pass lithium mine
The controversial mine, located on the site of an 1865 massacre of Paiute people, is opposed by tribes and environmental groups.
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Can net-zero homes really be affordable?
A Colorado nonprofit is constructing its second affordable housing complex with an eye toward mass production.
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Invisible Denver made indelible in a new documentary
‘The Holly’ connects the dots between the Mile High City’s history of gang violence, real estate development, law enforcement practices and one complicated man.
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What the heck is the Sonoran Avalanche Center?
A sardonic social media account gains popularity from taking down sacred ski idols and imagining a future without snow.
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What happens without warning
How a California ash embodies new information in a long friendship.
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The Iditarod changes alongside Alaska’s climate
Mushers and sled dogs adapt to warmer temperatures and worse trail conditions at the world-famous race.
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In the once-cool forests of the Pacific Northwest, heat poses a new threat
Drought can stress trees to death, but heat’s effects are less known. New research could hold the keys to protecting conifer forests.
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Inside the EPA’s close relationship with a Montana mining company
When faced with new research on health risks in Butte, the agency turned to industry for guidance.
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Are the feds risking endangered salmon for fries and potato chips?
Tribal nations say the decision to reduce water flow on the Klamath River “has more to do with potatoes than it does fish.”
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Displaced by the climate crisis
Jake Bittle’s new book foregrounds the experience of those already affected by a worsening climate.
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How far will you go to reduce your wildfire risk?
It may depend on how you see the world.
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Does California’s Friendship Park need a taller border wall?
Advocates protest plans for reconstruction of the barrier at the binational meeting point.
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The recipe for restoring damaged lands is missing one key ingredient: seeds
A new report highlights recovery solutions to fires, droughts and other climate catastrophes.
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Could Arizona’s new governor shift Colorado River politics?
There’s a historic reckoning in the Colorado River Basin — and Katie Hobbs is here to play hard ball.
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The dead birds and bats that improve renewable energy
Scientists say collecting and studying the carcasses felled from wind and solar facilities can unlock new insights.