The budget proposal contradicts Administrator Scott Pruitt’s vow to prioritize the program.
Trump wants to cut the EPA’s Superfund by 25 percent
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On climate change: ‘Do something, do anything, just don’t do nothing’
How a lucky encounter changed the course of a young mother’s life.
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Latest: Coal giant emerges from bankruptcy
Peabody is benefiting from the natural gas price hike.
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Police shootings of Native Americans spark a movement
A new generation of activists on and off reservations struggle for visibility.
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Can Wyoming learn from Utah’s public-land mistakes?
If the initiative is successful, it could be a model for other states.
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In elk poaching case, a glimpse of a simmering land conflict
An Oregon rancher is charged for an elk slaughter.
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Outdoor industry pros rally for public lands in D.C.
Amid threats to rescind monuments, Big Rec gets fired up over Bears Ears.
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Week in review: May 19
Can prairie dogs talk? Plus, dating very old rock stacks and a Bundy trial update.
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Latest: Interior suspends resource advisory councils
Stakeholder groups have limited options to weigh in on federal policy-making.
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West Obsessed: The prison economy traps the innocent
How a town dependent on incarceration came to be and what that meant for one asylum-seeker.
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How far will Canada go to honor tribal sovereignty?
In pipeline fights, ‘there’s no process for Indigenous peoples to say no.’
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Why we should fight against Utah’s war on public lands
And where to submit your comments to protect Bears Ears National Monument.
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Conflicts dog Trump’s Interior secretary nominee
David Bernhardt’s former clients have big business with the department he would run.
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Where Trump has weakened public and scientific input
Suspended advisory boards and dismissed scientists hamper policy-making.
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Death on the river
As summer rafting season begins, safe passage to all river runners.
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The danger of urban ‘heat islands’
How built-up cities and higher temperatures threaten human health.
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Climate change is shrinking the West’s water supply
Three new studies show dry times ahead.
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The myths that imprison us
A prison town reflects Western truths of reinvention and subjugation.
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See portraits of gnarled conifers
A couple draws and writes about the complexities of bristlecone pines and humans.
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Mistrial in Bundy standoff case
Some Bundy supporters see the jury deadlock as a sliver of hope.