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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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Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum speaks during a confirmation hearing to become Interior Secretary on Jan. 16 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images

Directive From New Interior Secretary Weakens Public Land Protections to Push Fossil Fuels

By Lisa Sorg, Wyatt Myskow

Former President Joe Biden is given a ceremonial sash after singing proclamations creating the Chuckwalla National Monument and the Sáttítla Highlands National Monument at the White House on Jan. 14. Credit: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Conservation Won Big Under Biden. Environmentalists and Tribal Leaders Fear Trump Will Undo Those Gains

By Wyatt Myskow

Susan Nedell stands outside her home that is being rebuilt after it burned in the Marshall fire on Aug. 28, 2023 in Louisville, Colo. Credit: RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Wildfire Rebuilds Are an Opportunity to Build More Resilient and Sustainable Homes. But That Comes With Controversy

By Wyatt Myskow

A firefighter sprays water on a house to protect it from the Eaton Fire in the Altadena neighborhood on Jan. 8, 2025 in Pasadena, Calif. Credit: Nick Ut/Getty Images

Misinformation Spreads Like Wildfire Online While LA Neighborhoods Burn

By Wyatt Myskow, Martha Pskowski

A view of bales in the Great Salt Lake basin. Credit: Brian Richter/Sustainable Waters

To Save the Great Salt Lake, Farmers Will Have to Grow Less Alfalfa

By Wyatt Myskow

To Combat Phoenix’s Extreme Heat, a New Program Provides Sustainable Shade

By Wyatt Myskow

A firefighting helicopter flies near as a home burns from the Mountain Fire on Nov. 6 in Camarillo, Calif. Researchers have found areas exposed to high wildfire hazard will double between 2020 and 2070. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images

The Sunbelt’s Growing Population Faces Increasing Climate Hazards

By Wyatt Myskow

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes explains to the media how excessive groundwater pumping in La Paz county is causing ground subsidence in the community on Dec. 11. Credit: Wyatt Myskow/Inside Climate News

In a First, Arizona’s Attorney General Sues an Industrial Farm Over Its Water Use

By Wyatt Myskow

An aerial view of the Uinta Basin oil fields, where a proposed 88-mile railway would connect the oil production of northeastern Utah to the national rail network. Credit: EcoFlight

A Supreme Court Case About a Railway Could Have Widespread Impacts on U.S. Environmental Laws

By Wyatt Myskow

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

A view of the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 4 in Washington D.C. Credit: Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Despite Likely Setback for Climate Action With This Year’s Election, New Climate Champions Set to Enter Congress

By Wyatt Myskow, Dennis Pillion, Georgina Gustin, Phil McKenna

California voters cast their ballots at the Joslyn Park voting center on Tuesday in Santa Monica. Credit: Apu Gomes/Getty Images

Climate Initiatives Fare Well Across the Country Despite National Political Climate

By Lee Hedgepeth, Kristoffer Tigue, Lisa Sorg, Liza Gross, Martha Pskowski, Wyatt Myskow

Republican Kari Lake faces off against Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego in the Arizona Senate Race. Credit: Jim Watson and Rebecca Noble/AFP via Getty Images

In Arizona’s Senate Race, Both Candidates Have Plans to Address Drought. But Only One Acknowledges Climate Change’s Role

By Wyatt Myskow

A groundwater well is used to irrigate a Cochise County nut orchard in rural Arizona. on March 1, 2022. Credit: Aydali Campa/Inside Climate News

A Rural Arizona Community May Soon Have a State Government Fix For Its Drying Wells

By Wyatt Myskow

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

Mark Carrington exits his golf cart to look out on Lake Tamarisk, a man-made lake in Desert Center, Calif., on May 8, 2023. Credit: Alex Gould

As Solar Booms in the California Desert, Locals Feel ‘Overburdened’

By Wyatt Myskow

An Election for a Little-Known Agency Could Dictate the Future of Renewables in Arizona

By Wyatt Myskow

Three-year-old Layla glides down a slide at Kiwanis Park on a hot day in August in Tempe, Arizona. Credit: Kevin Hurley/Inside Climate News

Finding a Fix for Playgrounds That Are Too Hot to Touch

By Wyatt Myskow

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