Can a flurry of new power lines tame California’s solar conundrum?
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A ‘seismic shift’ for public lands?
The new Public Lands Rule would put conservation on par with other uses.
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Atmospheric rivers ease Western drought
Record-breaking rain and snow bring salvation — and destruction — to a drought-parched West.
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The Willow project is part of a larger trend: energy colonialism
Five decades ago, the late Navajo Nation President Peterson Zah described America’s ‘power madness.’
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Could Arizona’s new governor shift Colorado River politics?
There’s a historic reckoning in the Colorado River Basin — and Katie Hobbs is here to play hard ball.
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The state of the land: Biden’s mixed conservation record
The president has riled up just about everyone with his public-land policies. Maybe that’s a good thing.
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Why are so few talking about the power grid amid extreme winter storms?
California’s current deluge highlights huge vulnerabilities.
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How the West’s public lands fared in 2022
It was a bad year for dams and a good one for ‘green’ metals.
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Should we worry about 8 billion people?
Breaking down population’s role in the environmental impact equation.
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Western voters favor public lands
Trumpism and extremism didn’t fly during the 2022 midterms.
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Bighorn-lovers butt heads with Vail Resorts’ affordable housing
The ski industry giant wants to build workforce housing in wild sheep habitat.
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The green metal mining boom is on
Now is not the time to loosen mining regulations.
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Will the Supreme Court gut the Clean Water Act?
The justices could remove federal protection from 80% of the Southwest’s streams.
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The Green New Deal didn’t crash California’s grid
Climate change is wrecking the electricity system.
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The Colorado River’s alfalfa problem
Growing less hay is the only way to keep the river’s water system from collapsing
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The climate bill’s blind spot
A closer look at the good and the bad of specific provisions in the historic climate bill, the Inflation Reduction Act.
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The monsoon can’t save us
An unusually rainy Southwest summer is welcome — but much more is needed to end the water crisis.
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The rise of the restoration economy
Filling the economic void left by the extraction economy by healing the land.
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The funky politics of wildfire right now
After New Mexico’s record-breaking fires, the politics of wildfire are morphing into weird configurations.