A poem by Adam O. Davis.
Natural Histrionics
Posted inJanuary 1, 2024: January 2024
‘We recognize the sentience in other things’
#iamthewest: Giving voice to the people that make up communities in the region.
Posted inJanuary 1, 2024: January 2024
Big-eared bats, badass boulders and very determined hikers
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Posted inJanuary 1, 2024: January 2024
An Alaska Native mutual aid network tackles the climate crisis
The Smokehouse Collective invests in “our resilience as Native peoples to persevere in our cultures despite the global impacts we are facing.”
Posted inJanuary 1, 2024: January 2024
How kung-fu heroes can grow our climate consciousness
‘It’s an intentional alignment with a certain kind of underground resistance.’
Posted inJanuary 1, 2024: January 2024
The New Mexico co-op breaking up with fossil fuels
An 80-year-old electricity supplier goes all in on decarbonization.
Posted inJanuary 1, 2024: January 2024
Fighting for an abundant future
There’s still time to make a difference.
Posted inJanuary 1, 2024: January 2024
Community and collective action across the West
Tell us how you’re working for a better future amid the climate crisis.
Posted inJanuary 1, 2024: January 2024
Climate Vigil aims to channel prayer into action
Christians in eastern Oregon fight for a safe climate as a human — and moral — right.
Posted inJanuary 1, 2024: January 2024
Labor unions and environmentalists are working together on the energy transition
In 2023, groups found solidarity on the climate, but work lies ahead.
Posted inJanuary 1, 2024: January 2024
Defending the Tijuana Estuary
Stewardship saved a Southern California estuary from development. Climate change is the next challenge.
Posted inJanuary 1, 2024: January 2024
12 not-so-easy steps to decarbonize the grid
Electrifying will make a difference if that power comes from clean sources.
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Know the West, cover by cover
High Country News informs and inspires, and the magazine’s covers are part of the reason why. Here’s a peek into our process.
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Is Biden waging a war on energy? Or on the climate?
A year-end review of the administration’s policy on fossil fuels and public lands.
Posted inJanuary 1, 2024: January 2024
How 3 Indigenous women are leading the way on climate change
These experts bring knowledge and justice to the climate conversation.
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2023 in Native environmental news
The beat’s biggest news that you might have missed.
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Stories that made us green with envy in 2023
A roundup of the articles we wish we’d written ourselves this past year.
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Mountain towns are trying all sorts of solutions to the housing crisis
A new report details the many ways that high-altitude communities are wrestling with ballooning housing costs.
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As migration routes shift toward New Mexico, so does death
Migrant deaths in the state have jumped from 2 to 109 in a few years.
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Tending the shoots of possibility
On the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act, a researcher contemplates the future of species we’ve tried to protect.