The president may think climate change is a hoax, but communities across the West are facing reality.
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Posted inNovember 27, 2017: Profit and Politics
The Navajo Nation has a wild horse problem
The population is exploding, but the tribe doesn’t have funding to manage it.
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Bunkerville defendant seeks trial postponement
In wake of Las Vegas shooting, Ryan Payne wants jury selection delayed.
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Six things to know about mass shootings in America
What policies help limit gun violence, and how does the U.S. rank in gun ownership?
Posted inNovember 27, 2017: Profit and Politics
What drove an Interior whistleblower to dissent?
Climate change official Joel Clement was one of the few current staffers to speak out.
Posted inOctober 30, 2017: The Changing Face of Woods Work
Gina McCarthy holds out hope on climate policy
The former head of the EPA isn’t despairing despite Trump administration rollbacks.
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RV industry lobbies to privatize services on public lands
And they have found an ally in Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke.
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Channel your wildfire angst into climate change action
Oregon’s sorrow and wrath from the Eagle Creek Fire should be put towards policy.
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Meet your local anti-government extremist groups
With violent rhetoric surging since Trump’s election, it helps to know your neighbors.
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Women in rural Washington enter local politics after Trump
Energized by the election, more women in Klickitat County seek office, and change.
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A last-minute health care deal courts Western lawmakers
When Republicans return to the reform issue, which senators will they need to woo?
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Trump considers tariffs on solar industry
Cheap solar panel imports damage domestic sales, and curbing them could drive prices up.
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Western governors take the lead on climate change
New alliance highlights states’ progress despite President Donald Trump’s rollbacks.
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Coal. Guns. Freedom?
How the Trump administration has seized mythologies around coal.
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A military legacy loosens its grip on a landscape
Plans for Colorado’s Camp Hale balance restoration and commemoration.
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A proposal would downplay climate change in N.M. schools
The state’s education agency could eliminate curriculum about evolution and more.
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How will Medicaid cuts affect health care in Indian Country?
The U.S. government is poised to limit funding for Indian Health Services.
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Border and immigration agents have too much power
In July, ICE sent German foreign exchange students back home.
Posted inSeptember 18, 2017: No Hoax
Tribes commit to uphold Paris climate agreement
Western nations take action on climate change — and push for self-governance.
Posted inOctober 30, 2017: The Changing Face of Woods Work
U.S. and Mexico agree to share a shrinking Colorado River
The two nations are poised to sign an updated water pact to deal with drought.