ICN Southwest
When Natural Gas Prices Cool, Flares Burn in the Permian Basin
By Martha Pskowski
This Month’s Superfund Listing of Abandoned Uranium Mines in the Navajo Nation’s Lukachukai Mountains Is a First Step Toward Cleaning Them Up
By Noel Lyn Smith
Mining Companies Say They Have a Better Way to Get Underground Lithium, but Skepticism Remains
By Wyatt Myskow
Tribes Meeting With Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Describe Harms Uranium Mining Has Had on Them, and the Threats New Mines Pose
By Noel Lyn Smith
Colorado River States Have Two Different Plans for Managing Water. Here’s Why They Disagree
By Alex Hager, KUNC
Could ‘Microfactories’ Pave a New Path Forward for Plastic Recycling?
By Wyatt Myskow
‘Nobody Really Knows What You’re Supposed to Do’: Leaking, Abandoned Wells Wreak Havoc in West Texas
By Martha Pskowski, Inside Climate News and Carlos Nogueras, Texas Tribune
New Online Dashboard Identifies Threats Posed by Uranium Mines and Mills in New Mexico
By Noel Lyn Smith
Environmentalists See Nevada Supreme Court Ruling Bringing State’s Water Management ‘Into the 21st Century’
By Wyatt Myskow
It Could Soon Get a Whole Lot Easier to Build Solar in the Western US
By Wyatt Myskow
Aridity Could Dry Up Southwestern Mine Proposals
By Wyatt Myskow
El Paso Challenges Oil Refinery Permit
By Martha Pskowski
First Uranium Mines to Dig in the US in Eight Years Begin Operations Near Grand Canyon
By Wyatt Myskow
Lake Powell Is Still in Trouble. Here’s What’s Good and What’s Alarming About the Current Water Level
By Dan Gearino
Arizona Governor Vows to Update State’s Water Laws
By Wyatt Myskow
What’s Going On With the Goats of Arizona
By Emma Peterson


