While Congress does nothing, Western state lawmakers pass a flurry of consequential and/or crazy — bills.
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Is uranium poised for a renaissance?
As prices climb, mining proposals proliferate. But it might just be hype.
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Is Biden waging a war on energy? Or on the climate?
A year-end review of the administration’s policy on fossil fuels and public lands.
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Pondering public lands and the energy transition conundrum
Fighting the climate crisis will require difficult choices.
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Outrage, disinformation and threats rise up in Wyoming around a BLM land plan
Is there a new Sagebrush Rebellion flaring in the Cowboy State?
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Could the 151-year-old mining law finally be reformed?
A working group calls for reforms in advance of a green metals boom.
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Public lands had a roller coaster month
Rounding up the Biden administration’s ups and downs on land policy.
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The West sizzles — even at midnight
Climate change and the urban heat islands take their toll from Phoenix to Portland.
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Public Lands Rule rhetoric gets wacky
Conservatives aren’t so keen on conservation.
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A dizzying look back from Phoenix’s future
A sci-fi scenario from 2008 offers insight into present day news.
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Utah’s latest attack on the Antiquities Act
The bid to diminish national monuments threatens landscape preservation.
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Can the Dolores River be saved?
A beleaguered Colorado waterway garners new attention.
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Biden’s push for power lines
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.