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Wyatt Myskow

Reporter, Phoenix

Wyatt Myskow covers drought, biodiversity and the renewable energy transition throughout the Western U.S. Based in Phoenix, he previously reported for The Arizona Republic and The Chronicle of Higher Education. Wyatt has lived in the Southwest since birth and graduated from Arizona State University with his bachelor’s degree in journalism.

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Attendees celebrate during the Arizona Democratic Party election night event in Phoenix on Tuesday. Credit: Cassidy Araiza/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Energy and Water Issues Propel Democrats to Victory in Arizona

By Wyatt Myskow

The Colorado River flows through Grand Canyon Village, Ariz., on Sept. 1. Credit: Ian Maule/AFP via Getty Images

Colorado River Basin Candidates Wade Into Water Politics, but Winners Are Unlikely to Make Big Changes

By Wyatt Myskow, Jake Bolster

Democrat Clara Pratte, candidate for the Arizona Corporation Commission, speaks at a press conference calling on the commission to launch an investigation into how data centers are increasing utility bills for Arizona Power Service customers. Credit: Wyatt Myskow/Inside Climate News

In Arizona, Democrats See an Opportunity to Influence Energy Policy

By Wyatt Myskow

The evaporation pond at the Pinyon Plain Mine in Arizona. Credit: Blake McCord

Most Wells Around the Grand Canyon With High Arsenic Levels Are at Uranium Mine, New Analysis Shows

By Wyatt Myskow

Kayakers descend a trail from a boat ramp at Antelope Point that now ends hundreds of feet from Lake Powell on Aug. 20 near Page, Ariz. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images

Arizona Joins Lawsuit Challenging the Federal Government’s Plan for the Colorado River

By Wyatt Myskow

A dilapidated house stands in Calipatria, Calif., a small Imperial Valley community near the Salton Sea. The lithium boom is arriving in a region where residents already face deep economic disparities and longstanding infrastructure challenges. Credit: Carla Samon Ros/CJI

The Race for Lithium Is Becoming a Race for Water

By Johanna Hansel, Carla Samon Ros, Wyatt Myskow

The construction site of South32’s Hermosa mine in Patagonia, Ariz., on Feb. 18. Credit: Wyatt Myskow/Inside Climate News

Environmentalists Sue Federal Agencies Over Nation’s First Fast-Tracked Critical Minerals Mine

By Wyatt Myskow

Katie Fite, public lands director for WildLands Defense, walks with her dogs near a lithium project in the McDermitt Caldera area of Oregon on May 4, 2025. Credit: Wyatt Myskow/Inside Climate News

The Trump Administration’s Critical Minerals Agenda Comes for America’s ‘Forgotten Wildlife Corridor’

By Wyatt Myskow, Carla Samon Ros, Johanna Hansel

Construction at Denver Water’s Gross Reservoir expansion is seen on April 9, 2025, in Boulder County, Colorado. Credit: RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Court Rules in Favor of Feds and Denver Water on Dam Expansion

By Jake Bolster, Wyatt Myskow

Cassandra Becerra, the Arizona State Director for Mountain Mamas, speaks at a press conference on Saturday kickstarting Latino Conservation Week and highlighting the threats facing Ironwood Forest National Monument. Credit: Wyatt Myskow/Inside Climate News

Latino Conservation Week Kicks Off at Threatened Arizona National Monument

By Wyatt Myskow

A view of land that was cut from Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument via an executive order in July. Credit: Tim Peterson

Utahns Support Protecting National Monuments That Trump Downsized

By Wyatt Myskow

A sign warns of radiation danger at the site of an abandoned uranium mine on Navajo Nation land in Mariano Lake, N.M. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

New Mexico Bans Uranium Leasing on State Lands

By Dylan Baddour, Wyatt Myskow

Denver Water’s Gross Reservoir expansion project in Boulder County, Colorado, is seen on April 9, 2025. Credit: RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Can a Dam Expansion Hold Back Climate Considerations on the Colorado River?

By Wyatt Myskow, Jake Bolster

A pronghorn at the Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge in Wyoming. Credit: Tom Koerner/USFWS

As Trump Expands Hunting and Fishing Access on Wildlife Refuges, What Will the Impact Be?

By Wyatt Myskow

Joni Lapahie and Dáilan Long, residents of the Burnham Chapter community on the Navajo Nation, speak at a press conference against a proposed coal mine expansion near their homes on July 20 at Window Rock, Ariz. Credit: Wyatt Myskow/Inside Climate News

Navajo Mine Applied for a Huge Expansion, but Tribal Members Say They’re Cut Out of the Permitting Process

By Wyatt Myskow

President Donald Trump and Utah Gov. Spencer Cox display executive orders Trump signed to shrink two national monuments in Utah at the Oval Office of the White House on July 13. Credit: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

Trump Again Shrinks Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments, This Time by Much More

By Wyatt Myskow

Energy Fuels’ Pinyon Plain uranium mine, located a few miles from Grand Canyon National Park and inside Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni National Monument. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Arizona Regulators Are Raising Contaminant Limits for a Uranium Mine With an Arsenic Problem

By Wyatt Myskow, Maya McDaniel

Construction is seen at the two mine shafts for South32’s Hermosa project in Patagonia, Ariz., on Feb. 18. Credit: Wyatt Myskow/Inside Climate News

Feds Grant Final Approval for Arizona Mine Situated in Critical Habitat for Jaguars and Mexican Spotted Owls

By Wyatt Myskow

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