The controversial mine, located on the site of an 1865 massacre of Paiute people, is opposed by tribes and environmental groups.
Construction starts on Nevada’s Thacker Pass lithium mine
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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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Wherefore O Birds and Small Fish Surround Me
A poem by Robert Wrigley.
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Trains in the West then, now — and someday?
Mapping the state of the rails across the region.
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Can camera traps relieve our species’ loneliness?
A community science project reintroduces humans to their fellow mammals.
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The 90-foot sentinel of Butte, Montana
What does a statue dedicated to mothers reveal about women’s rights?
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Get to know the whitebark pine
This threatened tree feeds and shelters the high country.
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‘I’ve always been a fan of getting people to empathize with a landscape’
#iamthewest: Giving voice to the people that make up communities in the region.
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A little pickle, a fireball and an Indigenous astronaut
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
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Future-proofing HCN
Long-term plans for the organization come together alongside staff changes.
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‘Gold in the hills, but not for us’
Scenes from California’s backyard petroculture.
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Finding stillness in the whirl
The West is filled with motion and reflection.
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Green colonialism is flooding the Pacific Northwest
The Yakama Nation is fighting a pumped hydro storage development near Goldendale, Washington – but it’s just one of many.
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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.