In Los Angeles, a steady movement takes hold under the Trump administration.
Economy
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Despite what the Trump administration says, coal is out
The energy transition is happening now and will only continue.
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Trump wants to cut the EPA’s Superfund by 25 percent
The budget proposal contradicts Administrator Scott Pruitt’s vow to prioritize the program.
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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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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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Why we should fight against Utah’s war on public lands
And where to submit your comments to protect Bears Ears National Monument.
Posted inMay 15, 2017: Prison Town
‘If you don’t want us, tell us to go back’
The making of a California prison town.
Posted inMay 15, 2017: Prison Town
How private prisons became a booming business
The numbers and policies behind the immigration-incarceration economy.
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Oregon’s monuments need protection from logging
Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument shouldn’t be managed for timber interests.
Posted inMay 1, 2017: Change Comes to Short Creek
An end to Tucson’s growth wars
A conservation plan puts science ahead of politics.
Posted inMay 1, 2017: Change Comes to Short Creek
Inside a taxidermy shop
In Western Colorado, bringing “life” to freeze-framed wild animals.
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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.
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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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Public banking goes to pot
California activists turn to the cannabis industry to help launch the nation’s first public bank in nearly a century.
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Oregon youths get another chance at learning outdoors
Outdoor School tries to give children common ground on conservation.
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California’s backcountry drug war
Dangerous drug cartels are growing pot on public lands—putting wildlife, water supplies, and outdoor enthusiasts at grave risk.
Posted inMarch 20, 2017: The Tree Ring
Busting the tree ring
How a landmark investigation unraveled a Washington timber-poaching gang.
Posted inMarch 20, 2017: The Tree Ring
Untethered existences; Tacos in traffic; movin’ on up in Seattle
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Posted inMarch 20, 2017: The Tree Ring
What the Navajo Generating Station will leave behind
Cleaner air, wounded economies.
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In Colorado, a little shop of wildlife horrors
Taxidermy provides clues about smuggling trends.