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Colorado’s wildfires require a drastic and collective fix
Climate change should be seen as a number one priority.
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Wolverines denied endangered species protections
USFWS: ‘If wolverines need snow, we think that there’s going to be enough snow out there for them.’
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Southwest experiences mass bird die-off
‘To see this many individuals and species dying is a national tragedy.’
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West coast wildfires signal a planetary fire age
Beyond climate change, history has helped create the pyrocene.
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Burn out: Frequent fires are changing Western landscapes
Previously burned areas are less likely to re-burn, but intense fires could erase forests.
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Alaska’s salmon are getting smaller
New research finds some species diminished by as much as 10% and that the climate crisis may be a driving factor.
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The world’s largest battery could be the answer to California blackouts
A new project in San Diego will substantially increase the state’s storage capacity.
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Extreme heat is here, and it’s deadly
Gearing up for the fight against a new climate enemy.
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Extreme wildfires make their own dangerous weather
And climate change is making it even worse.
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Who’s minding Montana’s abandoned oil and gas wells?
Left-behind extraction wells pollute after drilling and pumping stops. One foundation gets proactive.
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Trump cancels methane regs intended to quell pollution
As the climate crisis worsens, oil and gas companies can continue to emit the potent greenhouse gas.
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Can we write our way out of catastrophe?
In Ben Ehrenreich’s ‘Desert Notebooks,’ a fragmented style attempts to change the way we think, and write, about the Anthropocene.
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Trump admin erodes landmark law protecting communities and the environment
New National Environmental Policy Act rules limit public input and allow federal agencies to ignore climate impacts of infrastructure projects.
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California’s incarcerated firefighters face dangerous work, low pay and COVID-19
More than a thousand of the crucial wildfire fighting crews have been placed in quarantine after possible exposure to coronavirus.
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How can we protect silence?
As more people push into once-remote areas, truly quiet spots are increasingly scarce.
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As the Arctic warms, the Inupiat adapt
‘What choice do we have?’
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The only catfish native to the Western U.S. is running out of water
The Yaqui catfish was going extinct. Then came the border wall.
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The Great American Outdoors Act passes Senate with bipartisan support
The legislation will alleviate a national park project backlog and permanently fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
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The West’s invisible menace: Microplastics
‘Just because we can’t see them in front of us, doesn’t mean we’re not breathing them in.’