Washington blocked a coal terminal under the Clean Water Act. New rules could subvert that authority.
Analysis
A working group calls for reforms in advance of a green metals boom.
Rounding up the Biden administration’s ups and downs on land policy.
Climate change and the urban heat islands take their toll from Phoenix to Portland.
The decisions could curb greenhouse gas emissions from public lands.
The Energy Transition Act could be a model for ambitious policies of the future.
Jeffrey Palmer gives us a glimpse of the Indigenous literary giant in ‘Words from a Bear.’
Are such unprecedented slides due to climate change, abnormal weather, or both?
A photo exhibit asks viewers to ponder whether, in reclaiming the idea of the cowboy, gay rodeos renounce violence or reinvest in it.
The questionable legality of the Trump administration’s aggressive deregulatory and development-friendly policies could end up being its undoing.
People are less likely to vote, and politics become more polarized.
Seven Western states must rewrite the rules of the river and cut water use — before they bleed the critical artery dry.
Xcel Energy says it wants to ‘step up and do more’ to reduce greenhouse gases.
Gruesome social media videos show how far modern hunting has drifted from its roots.
Climate change will hurt the economy if not addressed, but evidence on how environmental regulations affect unemployment is mixed.
Current drilling remains a shadow of the frenzy that occurred under Obama.
Documents show flawed management leads to unnecessary killings of bighorn sheep.
Trump’s approval of the oil pipeline failed to account for environmental impacts.
Indigenous residents say traditional practices and careful burns could temper blazes.
The new Haida film Sgaawaay K’uuna is as far from Hollywood as can be – and that’s its greatest strength.
The Trump administration is ignoring a big question: How do you secure a border below ground?
Critics say the decree will slow down the implementation of enacted laws.
The current understanding of ‘hate groups’ excludes those who undermine tribal rights and sovereignty.
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