Six decisions likely to have effects for decades.
Donald Trump
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100 days: Pollution threatens marginalized communities
Environmental justice concerns may not get the attention they deserve.
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100 days: Inside the agency Trump aims to dismantle
A look back at the first 100 days of the Environmental Protection Agency.
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What’s really killing King Coal?
Rick Perry wants to save coal from solar and wind, but natural gas is the real culprit.
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Fact-checking Trump’s Antiquities Act order
Trump and Sen. Orrin Hatch rely on dubious claims to attack national monuments.
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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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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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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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Congress is running out of time to repeal Obama orders
An effort to rescind the methane rule could fizzle.
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California isn’t accounting for this major emitter
Even though large reservoirs emit methane, the state doesn’t off-set their impact.
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What the West was like before the EPA
The agency’s legacy isn’t perfect, but the region’s air and water are cleaner now than they once were.
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Interior moves swiftly after Trump’s climate order
As other agencies prepare for a long haul, Ryan Zinke has an immediate impact.
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Why the West will continue to green even as Trump rolls back climate policy
Even without the Clean Power Plan, the region is poised for more renewable energy and less coal.
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What should a community do to protect its immigrants?
A conservative county in Colorado grapples over a new political reality for its refugee and immigrant residents.
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The rural programs threatened by Trump’s budget
The rural West may have helped elect Trump, but his vision leaves them behind.
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California wants to give dispirited federal workers a job
Why the state’s utility commission is recruiting EPA, Energy employees.
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Western court in the crosshairs again
The 9th Circuit Court rules against Trump, and a debate to break it up reignites.
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We’re ignoring a major factor in the immigration debate
Climate change is exacerbating illegal immigration.
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Republicans push to split the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Bills to break up the big Western court have reappeared in Congress.
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EPA cuts will hit minority communities hardest
Trump proposes an end to the office that protects low-income areas from pollution.