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Montana Gov. Steve Bullock (left) is running against Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) to represent Montana in the Senate. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images; Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Senate 2020: In Montana, Big Sky Country, Climate Change is Playing a Role in a Crucial Toss-Up Race

By Judy Fahys

In August 1910, hundreds of wildfires exploded over an area the size of Connecticut in the Bitterroot Mountains of Idaho and Montana. Credit: U.S. Forest Service

Huge Western Fires in 1910 Changed US Wildfire Policy. Will Today’s Conflagrations Do the Same?

By Michael Kodas

Smoky skies from the northern California wildfires turn the sky a glowing orange in San Francisco, California on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. Credit: Ray Chavez/MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images

As Wildfire Smoke Blots Out the Sun in Northern California, Many Ask: ‘Where Are the Birds?’

By Deborah Petersen

A firefighter douses flames as they push towards homes during the Creek fire in the Cascadel Woods area of unincorporated Madera County, California on September 7, 2020.

A Siege of 80 Large, Uncontained Wildfires Sweeps the Hot, Dry West

By Michael Kodas

China's paramilitary police officers evacuate a resident on a flooded street following heavy rain in Meishan in China's southwestern Sichuan province. Credit: STR/AFP via Getty Images

10 Days of Climate Extremes: From Record Heat to Wildfires to the One-Two Punch of Hurricane Laura

By Bob Berwyn

A firefighter from Carpinteria monitors the huge plume from the out-of-control Apple fire along Bluff Street, north of Banning during the coronavirus pandemic on August 1, 2020 in Cherry Valley, California. Credit: Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times via Ge

The Fires May be in California, but the Smoke, and its Health Effects, Travel Across the Country

By Evelyn Nieves, Michael Kodas

A fire truck drives through flames as the Hennessey fire continues to rage out of control near Lake Berryessa in Napa, California on August 18, 2020. Credit: JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images

California and Colorado Fires May Be Part of a Climate-Driven Global Transformation of Wildfires

By Michael Kodas

The White House has chosen veteran lands lawyer William Perry Pendley to permanently lead the Bureau of Land Management, the federal agency that oversees one acre of every ten in the United States. Credit: Kevin Beaty

Sagebrush Rebel Picked for Public Lands Post Sparks Controversy in Mountain West Elections

By Judy Fahys

Medical workers from New York handle test samples at temporary testing site for Covid-19 in Houston, Texas. Credit: Go Nakamura/Getty Images

As the Culture Wars Flare Amid the Pandemic, a Call to Speak ‘Science to Power’

By Judy Fahys

Clay Nelson is using a floodlight to find stunned fish and retrieve them at a sampling site on the main Colorado downstream from the Little Colorado River. Scientific findings are being used to help guide Colorado River operations. Credit: Judy Fahys

Humpback Chub 'Alien Abductions' Help Frame the Future of the Colorado River

By Judy Fahys

Mule deer starting their spring migration in the Colorado Rockies browse for new growth just below the snowline. Credit: Bob Berwyn

Global Warming Shortens Spring Feeding Season for Mule Deer in Wyoming

By Bob Berwyn

Maleta "Queen" Kimmons stands at the North Minneapolis O'Reilly Auto Parts store on Broadway Ave. The store was destroyed during a recent demonstration for George Floyd. Credit: Katie G. Nelson

Across America, Five Communities in Search of Environmental Justice

By David Hasemyer, Ilana Cohen, Judy Fahys, Kristoffer Tigue, Nicholas Kusnetz

Farm fields in southwestern Utah were dry in the weeks leading up to a statewide drought declaration in 2018. Credit: Judy Fahys/InsideClimate News

Drought Fears Take Hold in a Four Corners Region Already Beset by the Coronavirus Pandemic

By Judy Fahys

Old lodgepole pines in Montana killed by the mountain pine beetle stand beside young, healthy trees in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

In Montana, Children File Suit to Protect ‘the Last Best Place’

By Judy Fahys

Grand Canyon rafters often make a stop at the confluence of the Little Colorado and Colorado’s rivers. Credit: Judy Fahys/InsideClimate News

New Trump Nuclear Plan Favors Uranium Mining Bordering the Grand Canyon

By Judy Fahys

Fire crews work a wildfire in Sunshine Canyon on March 19, 2017 in Boulder, Colorado. Credit: RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post via Getty Images

For Emergency Personnel, Disaster Planning Must Now Factor in Covid-19

By Judy Fahys

Keith Lawrence, a biologist with the Utah Division of Wildlife who tracks Columbia spotted frogs each spring, reaches for a mass of spotted frog eggs.

In the Mountains and Deserts of Utah, Columbia Spotted Frogs Are Sentinels of Climate Change

By Judy Fahys

The School Strike for Climate a year ago drew hundreds of protesters to the Utah State Capitol, and to locations worldwide. Credit: Judy Fahys/InsideClimate News

In the Face of a Pandemic, Climate Activists Reevaluate Their Tactics

By Judy Fahys

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