Rick Perry wants to save coal from solar and wind, but natural gas is the real culprit.
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My front seat view of climate change in California
Wildfire, heavy rains and flooding seem to be increasing in ferocity.
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Photos: Canada’s coal flows into Montana’s streams
Can U.S. pressure change a toxic legacy along this selenium-polluted river?
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West Obsessed: The March for Science, out West
After Earth Day, a look at researchers’ economic influence and political sway.
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Colorado’s Front Range is inundated with water
The problem with too much water? Soggy soil and endless legal complications.
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Why the West can learn from East Africa
Reflecting on wildlife conservation in Kenya and at home.
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Bunkerville standoff case ruled a mistrial
Two defendants found guilty, but jury “deadlocked” over fate of remaining four.
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Local power gets results for Thompson Divide
New legislation could end a decade-long fight against oil and gas development.
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How to make the People’s Climate March matter
Political protest works best with prolonged effort.
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Week in review: April 21
Yucca is back, Chaffetz is out (for now), plus a game of Follow the Beaver.
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Trump’s administration blocks drilling near a national park
The president’s commitment to oil and gas development gets tested.
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Republicans shy away from town halls
Fleeing shouting matches, some politicians are changing the way they talk to constituents.
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West Obsessed: Early days of the Trump administration
Trump has made clear his domestic agenda. What do his energy policies mean for the West?
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People are grizzly food — and that’s OK
Our species can still get schooled on the food chain.
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Why we need methane rules
I worked in the oil and gas industry. Volunteer emission controls don’t work.
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How Montana charts a path for sanctuary cities suing Trump
In an unlikely twist, a gun law arms opponents of Trump’s immigration policy.
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Without a drought, California takes stock
Infrastructure issues, dry wells and other troubles still linger across the Golden State.
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Jury deliberates in 2014 Bundy standoff trial
Cliven Bundy’s sway over his followers featured prominently in first of three trials.
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Week in review: April 14
Water to flow in Oroville spillway, Bertha breaks through and a dinosaur for Moab.
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Republicans set their sights on the EPA’s science
The federal agency that regulates our environment may soon have less data to work with.