ICN Mountain West
Trump Administration’s Threats to Shrink or Eliminate National Monuments Could Endanger Drinking Water for Millions
By Wyatt Myskow
‘Renewable’ No More: The Trump Administration Renames the National Renewable Energy Laboratory
By Dan Gearino
In Burned Forests, the West’s Snowpack Is Melting Earlier
By Mitch Tobin, The Water Desk
Reintroduced Carnivores’ Impacts on Ecosystems Are Still Coming Into Focus
By Jake Bolster
‘It’s Not Too Late’: New Cornell Study Maps the Environmental Cost of AI and How Policy Could Limit the Damage
By Carl David Goette-Luciak
A Disease-Carrying Mosquito Has Landed in the Rocky Mountains Where It Historically Couldn’t Survive
Story by Erin Douglas, photos by Isabella Escobedo
Is Burying the Trees Killed by Wildfires a Climate Solution?
By Elisabeth Kwak-Hefferan
States and Nonprofits Are Helping National Parks Run During the Shutdown. Could Their Efforts Backfire?
By Jake Bolster
Western States Brace for a Uranium Boom as the Nation Looks to Recharge its Nuclear Power Industry
By Jake Bolster, Dylan Baddour, Wyatt Myskow
At Rallies in Utah and Wyoming, PacifiCorp Customers Urge the Utility to Pursue Renewables
By Jake Bolster
As Lake Powell Recedes, Beavers are Building Back
By Alex Hager, KUNC
America’s Rye Whiskey Resurgence Could Help the Climate, but Not by Itself
By Emily Payne
Solar Growth Cushions Colorado River Hydropower Declines
By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue
Wyoming’s Draft Pilot Conservation Program ‘a Good Starting Point’ but There’s Room for Improvement
By Jake Bolster
Montana Court Dismisses Youth-led Lawsuit Challenging Trump Executive Orders Boosting Fossil Fuels
By Dana Drugmand
Senate Nixes Management Plans for Public Lands, Expanding Access for Fossil Fuels
By Nicholas Kusnetz
As Colorado River Nears Collapse, It Faces Leadership, Transparency ‘Crisis,’ Environmentalists Warn
By Wyatt Myskow
