Week in review

Methane rules paused, the other national monument fight, deportation protection rescinded.

Bears Ears decision looms, another Hanford incident and Jerry Brown goes to China.

Breaking ties with Paris, Dakota Access ships oil and we’ll never forget “covfefe.”

Another Anadarko oil explosion, protestors at FERC and landslides in Big Sur.

Can prairie dogs talk? Plus, dating very old rock stacks and a Bundy trial update.

Methane rules live! Plus, DAPL spill, monuments and, at long last, FERC appointments.

After AHCA passes, the Western senators to watch. Plus a baby bison is born and new rules for oil and gas.

Trump opens offshore drilling, an ode to cacti and a look at monument critics’ claims.

Yucca is back, Chaffetz is out (for now), plus a game of Follow the Beaver.

Water to flow in Oroville spillway, Bertha breaks through and a dinosaur for Moab.

Trump helps controversial water project in Mojave; EPA cuts; DAPL doubts.

Essential stories for understanding Trump’s climate order; plus a few weekend reads.

Keystone permit OK’d, Utah solar incentives rollback and white nose in Texas; plus HCN reading recommendations.

Malheur trials come to a close, new wind record, the battle for Zinke’s seat — what the staff of HCN is reading this week.

Arizona’s solar fights, Nevada development and a jaguar spotting are among the stories grabbing HCN writers’ attention this week.

The staff of High Country News shares what they’re reading on state land sales, private prisons and CPAC.

What we’re reading this week.