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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
The Cedar Mesa Ruins, were within the Bears Ears National Monument created by President Obama in 2016, but were removed by President Trump in 2017. Now, the Trump administration’s recently finalized guidelines allow drilling, mining and development on 2 m

Drilling, Mining Boom Possible But Unlikely Under Trump’s Final Plan for Southern Utah Lands

By Judy Fahys
Smog trapped in the Salt Lake valley by a temperature inversion. Credit: George Frey/Getty Images

Has Conservative Utah Turned a Corner on Climate Change?

By Judy Fahys
William Perry Pendley, who has been leading the Bureau of Land Management since July, testifies before a House committee. Credit: Congress

Controversial BLM Chief's Tenure Extended Again, Despite Protests

By Judy Fahys
The ski industry is working to turn winter sports enthusiasts into climate supporters. Credit: Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images

Turning Skiers Into Climate Voters with the Advocacy Potential of the NRA

By Judy Fahys
Coal mining in Wyoming. Credit: Bureau of Land Management

What the BLM Shake-Up Could Mean for Public Lands and Their Climate Impact

By JUDY FAHYS
Sticky bitumen oozes from a rock in a tar sands test pit on the nearly 6,000 acr

Nation's First Tar Sands Mine Gets Greenlight

By David Hasemyer
Water from a spigot at the PR Spring mine site

Free Pass on Water Pollution in Utah?

By David Hasemyer
John Weisheit, Conservation Director of Living Rivers

Utah Oil Sands Mine Clears Hurdle

By David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News
U.S. Oil Sands, a Canadian company, has leased about 32,000 acres in Utah for ta

Nation's First Tar Sands Mine Stirs Water, Environmental Fears

By David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News
The Green River in Utah.

Nuke Protest for a Tiny Utah Town

By David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News
The Green River in Utah

Utah Nuclear Plan Reignites Water War

By David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News

Fracking Linked to Water Pollution

By Abrahm Lustgarten and Nick Kusnetz, ProPublica

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