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Roughly two-thirds of grazing on Bureau of Land Management land is controlled by just 10 percent of permit holders.
“We’re increasingly finding that it’s not true that these are just ecological voids where nothing is living there.”
Amid soaring temperatures, Arizona has seen success with utility programs that incentivize people to turn down the AC when the power grid is stressed.
A data-driven disaster tool shows “bias” against rural communities.
In New Mexico, oil companies agreed to work with regulators to find a solution to the state’s more than 70,000 unplugged wells. After months of negotiations, the industry turned against the bill it helped shape.
Climate change means communities along the Mississippi River are experiencing longer and higher floods in springtime, flash flooding from heavy rains, as well as prolonged droughts.
A new study says the plants emit twice as much methane as previously thought.
After the fire destroyed his town in 2021, a state rep took on insurance companies, mortgage lenders, and landlords — and beat them all.
What does the trade war mean for the cost of goods, green tech, and decarbonization? An expert policy analyst weighs in.
