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Climate change
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Wildfire in the West has become an uncontrollable force
A former fire dispatcher says last year’s fire season pushed firefighters to the edge.
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Evicted by climate change
Government regulations forced the Yup’ik to give up their semi-nomadic existence. Now, the land where they settled is vanishing.
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Climate change looms large over Obama’s Yosemite visit
As the park prepped for President Obama’s visit, experts hope to highlight a park in flux.
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It’s time to put a price on carbon
The United States should set a persuasive example for the rest of the world.
Posted inJune 13, 2016: Water to Dust
El Niño adds fuel to Southwestern fires
In California, Arizona and New Mexico, an underperforming weather pattern increased wildfire risk.
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When water turns to dust
In Oregon, a cluster of lakes is drying up — with dire impacts for the millions of migrating birds that survive off them.
Posted inMay 30, 2016: Trial by Fire
Latest: EPA finalizes rules to reduce methane leakage
The rules target new oil and gas infrastructure.
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It’s time for our legislators to stop ignoring science
How public policy-making ought to work: Get the facts, make the policy.
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How the livestock industry can help cut greenhouse gas emissions
New study shows better grazing and ranch management can reduce methane, nitrous oxide.
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Science education program teaches impacts of fossil fuels at their source
In Colorado’s oil- and gas-producing counties, science teachers broach a thorny subject in their own backyard.
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What the West’s trees tell us
How can biomass and carbon data help us mitigate the effects of human activity?
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Protests against drilling on public lands are escalating
In Colorado, another showdown at a government auction for oil and gas leases.
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Glacier National Park reshuffles native trout
The move will protect species at risk from climate change and invasive fish in new habitats.
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As Lake Mead sinks, states agree to more drastic water cuts
California, Arizona and Nevada are back in negotiations about the dwindling Colorado River water supply.
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Snowpack is melting fast, despite April storms
It has dwindled faster than experts have seen in nearly four decades, which could upset reservoir management.
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This year’s weird Alaska winter should make us very, very nervous.
It’s time to think of winters like the past three as glimpses into the future.
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New report: West Coast waters face double threat
Ocean acidification, driven by global fossil fuel emissions, is being exacerbated by local pollution.
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County by county, the West braces for rise in mosquito-borne diseases
As the climate warms, mosquitoes thrive, and communities try to figure out how to prevent disease outbreak.