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.
Arizona Residents Fear What the State’s Mining Boom Will Do to Their Water
By Wyatt Myskow
Tribe Sues Interior Department Over Approval of Arizona Lithium Project
By Wyatt Myskow
White House Looks to Safeguard Groundwater Supplies as Aquifers Decline Nationwide
By Wyatt Myskow
Lithium Critical to the Energy Transition Is Coming at the Expense of Water
By Wyatt Myskow
As a Nevada Community Fights a Lithium Mine, a Rare Fish and Its Haven Could Be an Ace in the Hole
By Wyatt Myskow
Can the Greater Sage-Grouse Be Kept Off the Endangered Species List?
By Wyatt Myskow
A Proposed Nevada Lithium Mine Could Destroy Critical Habitat for an Endangered Wildflower Found Nowhere Else in the World
By Wyatt Myskow
Phoenix Braces—and Plans—for Another Hot, Dry Summer
By Wyatt Myskow
Legal Challenges Continue for SunZia Transmission Line
By Wyatt Myskow
Oregon’s Owyhee Canyonlands Is the Biggest Conservation Opportunity Left in the West. If Congress Won’t Protect it, Should Biden Step in?
By Wyatt Myskow
Western States Could Make Billions Selling Renewable Energy, But They’ll Need a Lot More Regional Transmission Lines
By Wyatt Myskow
How a Tiny Inland Shorebird Could Help Save the Great Salt Lake
By Wyatt Myskow
Residents of One of Arizona’s Last Ecologically Intact Valleys Try to Detour the Largest Renewable Energy Project in the US
By Wyatt Myskow
Mining Companies Say They Have a Better Way to Get Underground Lithium, but Skepticism Remains
By Wyatt Myskow
Across the Nation, Lawmakers Aim to Ban Lab-Grown Meat
By Wyatt Myskow, Lee Hedgepeth
Could ‘Microfactories’ Pave a New Path Forward for Plastic Recycling?
By Wyatt Myskow