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Bureau of Land Management employees check on an oil and gas development site on public land in Colorado. Credit: BLM Colorado

BLM Calls New Oil and Gas Rules ‘Noncontroversial,’ Exempts Them From Public Comment

By Jake Bolster

Loretta Johnson stands by a water well on the Navajo Nation in New Mexico. According to an EPA report, the well produces water tainted with arsenic. Credit: Jerry Redfern/Capital & Main

On the Navajo Nation, the List of Mystery Wells Continues to Grow

By Jerry Redfern, Capital & Main

A houseboat is docked on Lake Powell in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, as the critical Colorado River reservoir sits at only a third of its capacity on July 10 in Page, Ariz. Credit: Rebecca Noble/Getty Images

Southwestern Drought Likely to Continue Through 2100, Research Finds

By Wyatt Myskow

Brittany Staie, with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, gathers samples of vegetables that are being grown at the NREL agrivoltaic solar garden in Golden, Colo. Credit: Werner Slocum/NREL

In the Sweltering Southwest, Planting Solar Panels in Farmland Can Help Both Photovoltaics and Crops

By Tina Deines

El Paso, Texas (left) and Juárez, Mexico (right) are seen from Mount Cristo Rey in Sunland Park, N.M. Credit: Justin Hamel

Border Wall Plans at New Mexico’s Mount Cristo Rey Raise Environmental Concerns

By Martha Pskowski

Protesters gather outside of the Western Governors’ Association annual meeting to protest threats to the nation’s public lands on June 23 in Santa Fe, N.M. Credit: New Mexico Wild

Huge Public Land Sale Stripped from Senate Bill—For Now—But Assault on Federal Land Protections Continues

By Wyatt Myskow

Jinsu Elhance (left) and Justin Stewart, researchers with the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks, measure the distance between soil samples taken near a large saguaro cactus at Saguaro National Park in Arizona. Credit: John Burcham/SPUN

Searching for Hidden Fungi in the Sonoran Desert

By Wyatt Myskow

Red Feather staff (from left) Duane Tsinigine, Tavanne Sousa and Tyler Puente stand next to a heat pump installed with the nonprofit’s help at a home on the Hopi Reservation. Credit: Wyatt Myskow/Inside Climate News

EPA Grants Were Set to Address Health Risks on the Hopi and Navajo Reservations, Until the Trump Administration Cut Them

By Wyatt Myskow

The image shows forested land in fall colors in Utah

How Did the Housing Crisis Revitalize Efforts by Western Republicans to Sell Off Public Lands?

By Zoë Rom

Hikers move through Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah. Credit: Bob Wick/BLM

Department of Justice Gives Trump Go-Ahead to Eliminate National Monuments

By Wyatt Myskow

Jennifer Allen, a Pima County supervisor who represents the district containing Ironwood Forest National Monument, speaks at a rally to protect the area on June 7. Credit: Kathleen Dreier Photography/Friends of Ironwood Forest

Across the Country, Locals Rally to Protect National Monuments Threatened by the Trump Administration

By Wyatt Myskow

An aerial view of Oak Flat, a site sacred to the Western Apache, near Superior, Ariz. Credit: EcoFlight

US District Court Ruling Keeps Fight Against Mining of Site Sacred to Western Apache Alive

By Wyatt Myskow

Evaporation ponds hold produced water amid the oil wells of the Permian Basin in Loco Hills, N.M. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

New Mexico Bans Release of Treated Oil and Gas Wastewater

By Carrie Klein

A groundwater pump supplies water to Quechan tribal land at the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, along the Colorado River, on May 26, 2023, near Winterhaven, Calif. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Colorado River Basin Aquifers Are Declining Even More Steeply Than the River, New Research Shows

By Wyatt Myskow

The Gila River Indian Community in Arizona has lined 3,000 feet of their canals with solar panels. Credit: Jake Bolster/Inside Climate News

Gila River Tribes Intend to Float Solar Panels on a Reservoir. Could the Technology Help the Colorado River?

By Jake Bolster

Construction workers build a cinder block foundation for a new house on July 2, 2020, in Santa Fe, N.M. Credit: Robert Alexander/Getty Images

New Mexico Is the Latest State Developing Standards to Protect Workers in Extreme Heat

By Martha Pskowski

Patrick Donnelly, the Great Basin director for the Center for Biological Diversity, walks through an alkaline meadow in Fish Lake Valley on May 6. The valley used to be home to a series of streams and lakes that once provided habitat for fish like the Fish Lake Valley tui chub. Credit: Wyatt Myskow/Inside Climate News

Fish Threatened By Farms and Mining Set to Be First Species Listed As Endangered in Second Trump Term

By Wyatt Myskow

People cross the street during a dust storm on March 7 in downtown El Paso, Texas. Credit: Justin Hamel

El Paso Hasn’t Seen This Many Dust Storms Since the Dust Bowl

By Martha Pskowski

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