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An aerial view shows the long-depleted Colorado River as it flows between California and Arizona. An irrigation ditch (right) carries the river water toward Quechan tribal land on May 26, 2023 near Winterhaven, Calif. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Despite Biden Administration Proposals to Address Colorado River Shortages, a Solution Is Far Off

By Wyatt Myskow

Denver Water is Halfway Through Replacing Lead Pipes. Why Didn’t This Happen Sooner?

By Emma VandenEinde, KUNC

Tourists visit the South Rim of the Grand Canyon on Nov. 1, 2022. The Colorado River flows through the literal giant chasm in Arizona. Credit: Alex Hager/KUNC

Colorado River States Are Separated by a ‘Giant Chasm’ in Negotiations

By Alex Hager, KUNC

A view of the Popo Agie river as it flows towards Lander, Wyo. Credit: Jake Bolster/Inside Climate News

Hindered Wildfire Responses, Costlier Agriculture Likely If Trump Dismantles NOAA, Experts Warn

By Jake Bolster

Gary Wockner, founder of the nonprofit Save the Colorado, stands in front of Boulder Creek on Oct. 22 in Boulder, Colo. Wockner's group has been fighting an expansion of the Gross Reservoir west of Boulder. Credit: Michael Kodas/Inside Climate News

Federal Court Ruling on a Reservoir Expansion Could Have Big Implications for the Colorado River

By Wyatt Myskow

The controversial Pinyon Plain uranium mine continues to operate within the Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni—the Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument on Aug. 27 near Grand Canyon, Ariz. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images

In Inaugural Tribal Energy Summit, Carbon Capture, Critical Minerals and Sovereignty Take Center Stage

By Jake Bolster

A grizzly bear and her two cubs walk along Pelican Creek on June 21, in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. Credit: Jonathan Newton/Getty Images

Bad News, Bears? States Take Legal Actions to End Grizzlies’ Endangered Species Protections

By Najifa Farhat

A view of the Rawlins, Wyoming water treatment facility. Credit: Dustin Bleizeffer/WyoFile

Budget-Strapped Wyoming Towns Race for Federal Funds To Fix Aging Water, Sewer Systems

By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile

One of the largest onshore wind farms in the country is being developed in south central Wyoming, but the state still has the second-fewest clean energy jobs, behind only Alaska. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call

Wyoming Lags in Clean Energy Jobs, According to New Report

By Jake Bolster

A view of utility-scale solar panels on public land in the California desert. Credit: Tom Brewster/Bureau of Land Management

BLM Plan for Solar on Public Lands Sparks Enthusiasm and Misgivings in Different Corners of the West

By Wyatt Myskow, Jake Bolster

Tiehm’s buckwheat, a small wildflower with yellow pom-poms, is an endemic species unique to the Silver Peak Range. Credit: Patrick Donnelly/Center for Biological Diversity

A Nevada Lithium Mine Nears Approval, Despite Threatening the Only Habitat of an Endangered Wildflower

By Wyatt Myskow

The sun sets behind the mountains at Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, shrouded in smoke from regional wildfires on July 14, 2021. Credit: Natalie Behring/Getty Images

With Wyoming’s Regional Haze Plan ‘Partially Rejected,’ Conservationists Await Agency’s Final Proposal

By Jake Bolster

Water flows through Glen Canyon Dam's river outlet works. The pipes will undergo $9 million in repairs, but conservation groups want to see more permanent renovations at the dam, which holds back Lake Powell as Colorado River supplies shrink. Credit: Bureau of Reclamation

Lake Powell Plumbing Will Be Repaired, but Some Say Glen Canyon Dam Needs a Long-Term Fix

By Alex Hager, KUNC

U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen, a Democrat and Nevada’s junior senator, is challenged by Republican Sam Brown in the upcoming election. Credit: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call and Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

In Nevada, Clean Energy Divides the Senate Race

By Wyatt Myskow

Vehicles travel on U.S. Highway 20 along the Wind River through a canyon between the towns of Shoshoni and Thermopolis in central Wyoming. Credit: Don and Melinda Crawford/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

What’s Stalling Electric Vehicle Adoption in Wyoming?

By Najifa Farhat

Under the final Rock Springs Resource Management Plan, the wildlands surrounding Adobe Town will still be available for oil and gas drilling. Credit: Bob Wick/Bureau of Land Management

In Final Rock Springs Resource Management Plan, BLM Sticks With Conservation Priorities, Renewable Energy Development

By Jake Bolster

People cast their fishing lines into the Colorado River in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Credit: Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Springtime Rain Crucial for Getting Wintertime Snowmelt to the Colorado River, Study Finds

By Jake Bolster

Utility solar, like the one pictured, have taken off in California. Wyoming could soon be home to similarly large projects, but it’s progress on solar development still lags behind many of its western peers. Credit: Tom Brewster/Bureau of Land Management

Will the Cowboy State See the Light on Solar Electricity?

By Jake Bolster

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