Zinke calls for a review of conservation plans.
Analysis
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Can Zinke shrink Bears Ears?
The Interior Secretary hints at a smaller, scattered national monument.
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The Trump administration’s false coal stats, explained
Enviro chief Scott Pruitt’s coal job numbers aren’t even close to accurate.
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A tour of the West’s radioactive legacy
Trump’s push for nuclear security could send ripples across the region.
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In Montana, an election shows a deepening partisan divide
Gianforte wins a House seat despite violence and after millions of dollars in spending.
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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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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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Could Trump dismantle the American West?
How the president’s ‘deconstruction’ doctrine threatens public lands.
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100 days: President Trump’s impact on the environment
Six decisions likely to have effects for decades.
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100 days: Pollution threatens marginalized communities
Environmental justice concerns may not get the attention they deserve.
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100 days: Inside the agency Trump aims to dismantle
A look back at the first 100 days of the Environmental Protection Agency.
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What’s really killing King Coal?
Rick Perry wants to save coal from solar and wind, but natural gas is the real culprit.
Posted inMay 29, 2017: The Cost of a Comeback
Montana refuge divides tribes and ranchers
The American Prairie Reserve offers a controversial vision for an intact prairie ecosystem.
Posted inMay 15, 2017: Prison Town
Fact-checking Trump’s Antiquities Act order
Trump and Sen. Orrin Hatch rely on dubious claims to attack national monuments.
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West Obsessed: The March for Science, out West
After Earth Day, a look at researchers’ economic influence and political sway.
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How Montana charts a path for sanctuary cities suing Trump
In an unlikely twist, a gun law arms opponents of Trump’s immigration policy.
Posted inMay 1, 2017: Change Comes to Short Creek
Should courts defer to the expertise of agencies?
Our new Supreme Court justice doesn’t think so.
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Land transfer advocates steer their focus to monuments
A transfer movement moves to rescind monuments and weaken the Antiquities Act.
Posted inMarch 20, 2017: The Tree Ring
What the Navajo Generating Station will leave behind
Cleaner air, wounded economies.
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7 things you need to know about Navajo Generating Station’s 2019 closure
The West’s coal giant is going down.