With scant data on risk, Republicans push to open a ‘perfect’ mining opportunity.
Analysis
With Congress gridlocked and courts restrained, public opinion confronts authoritarian tactics.
‘That has a real chilling effect on democratic practice.’
As extinction and climate crises loom, the Great American Outdoors Act and recreation industry continue to rely on oil money.
On the Big Hole River, livelihoods depend on healthy fish, but climate doubts abound.
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That community of fungi and bacteria may be the key to keeping plants healthy.
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But the state of California and Winnemem Wintu Tribe oppose the project.
Some back away from cooperating as trust in Interior wanes.
But to use them, tribes often must negotiate settlements that need federal approval.
A reporter staked a mining claim on former monument lands. You could, too.
Big dams were the hydro giants of yesteryear. The future of hydropower is small.
Accepting donations could add to the scandals already plaguing the EPA head.
Beleagured by investigations, the EPA chief continues to unravel protections.
Native communities have been flooded with prescription pain pills.
The bill that shapes the U.S. ag economy provides big money for land protections.
Native families grapple with scant support to locate their missing loved ones.
The spat offers a preview of what water politics could look like in a drier future.
Shifts in coastal weather systems could make the West’s species less resilient.
Dust-ups with the president test an increasingly red state’s middle-ground politician.
The right and the ‘resistance’ are doubling down after the election of Donald Trump.
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