Renting culture puts dreams of cultivating wildness out of reach.
Pollution
Wildfires, oil and gas drilling, vehicle emissions, and climate change all combine to create more days with unhealthy levels of the colorless, odorless gas.
The Talbert Marsh is refuge to at least 90 species of shorebirds, and now it’s slicked with oil.
A new study suggests lower stream flows as a primary culprit.
State officials are picking up the pieces after Blackjewel goes belly up.
‘It’s about British Columbia being a really bad actor as an upstream neighbor that pollutes our water.’
Arguments over state environmental policy impacts ignore broader challenges to rural communities.
As climate change fuels fires and warms the city, clean air will be in short supply.
Upstream mining has left a toxic legacy at the bottom of Coeur d’Alene Lake.
Western states lag behind in both monitoring and regulating the class of ‘forever chemicals.’
Popular parks such as Yosemite and Joshua Tree have pollution levels that threaten visitors and wildlife.
Salt lakes fade from chartreuse to rust into pale wastelands in photos taken by Aya Okawa.
A new U.N. study shows that up to 1 million species risk extinction because humans use up nature much faster than it can be replenished.
Washington blocked a coal terminal under the Clean Water Act. New rules could subvert that authority.
Climate change is damaging ecosystems that never had the chance to recover.
Nearly 2 billion pounds of toxic waste were dumped into western waterways in 2017, and taxpayers are left to clean up the mess.
What a lifetime of observing nature has taught me.
Without state oversight, activists step up to monitor the traffic in their own backyards.
An investigation shows the impact toxic chemicals are having on the community of Clovis.
After a case of mistaken identity, scientists double down on their efforts to save a fabled fish.
Without a just transition, the Navajo Generating Station closure will have harmful consequences.
A controversial weed-killer has split the state, and pit state regulators against feds.
Locals’ efforts prompted buffers for auto shops and air filter rules for new buildings.
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