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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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Trucks pump and haul spilled water away from a test mining drill site on March 8 in Green River, Utah. Residents are worried over how the Direct Lithium Extraction mine—and any spills caused by it—could impact local water supplies. Credit: Kelly Dunham

Mining Companies Say They Have a Better Way to Get Underground Lithium, but Skepticism Remains

By Wyatt Myskow

Cell-cultivated chicken is made in the pictured tanks at the Eat Just office on July 27, 2023 in Alameda, Calif. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Across the Nation, Lawmakers Aim to Ban Lab-Grown Meat

By Wyatt Myskow, Lee Hedgepeth

Attendees of the microfactory launch event inspect plastic pellets produced during the recycling process at the Goodwill Retail Operations Center in Tempe, Ariz. on Feb. 6. Credit: ASU Knowledge Enterprise/Andy DeLisle

Could ‘Microfactories’ Pave a New Path Forward for Plastic Recycling?

By Wyatt Myskow

A view of the Colorado River from the Navajo Bridge in Marble Canyon, Ariz. Credit: Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

Feds Deny Permits for Hydro Projects on Navajo Land, Citing Lack of Consultation With Tribes

By Noel Lyn Smith, Wyatt Myskow

The sprawl of North Las Vegas is viewed from the air on Jan. 11, 2022. Credit: George Rose/Getty Images

Environmentalists See Nevada Supreme Court Ruling Bringing State’s Water Management ‘Into the 21st Century’

By Wyatt Myskow

A large solar farm off Interstate 15 in Arrolime, Nevada. Credit: Visions of America/Joseph Sohm/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

It Could Soon Get a Whole Lot Easier to Build Solar in the Western US

By Wyatt Myskow

An aerial view of the mining town of Superior, Arizona. Credit: Wild Horizon/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Aridity Could Dry Up Southwestern Mine Proposals

By Wyatt Myskow

The UMTRA Project, a U.S. Department of Energy's remedial operation to remove radioactive uranium tailings from a former mill site is viewed on Oct. 7, 2023 near Moab, Utah. Credit: George Rose/Getty Images

First Uranium Mines to Dig in the US in Eight Years Begin Operations Near Grand Canyon

By Wyatt Myskow

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs at the Tempe Center for the Arts on September 28, 2023. Credit: Rebecca Noble/Getty Images

Arizona Governor Vows to Update State’s Water Laws

By Wyatt Myskow

Cochise County residents like Steven Kisiel blame labor-intensive crops and dairy farms for the dwindling supply of groundwater that is causing residential wells to dry up. Credit: Aydali Campa/Inside Climate News

Rural Arizona Has Gone Decades Without Groundwater Regulations. That Could Soon Change.

By Wyatt Myskow

White House Announces Historic Agreement to Study Dam Removal and Fund Fish Restoration

By Kristoffer Tigue, Wyatt Myskow

A natural gas well site outside of Hope, in eastern New Mexico. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

New Mexico Looks to Address Increasing Aridity With Brackish and Produced Water. Experts Are ‘Skeptical’

By Wyatt Myskow

Kyle Roerink, right, leads a hike in the Duck Creek Range, where a pumped storage project is proposed in Ely, Nevada, on Thursday Oct. 5, 2023. Credit: Alex Gould

Pumped Storage Hydro Could be Key to the Clean Energy Transition. But Where Will the Water Come From?

By Wyatt Myskow

Lake Powell at sunrise on September 2, 2022 near Page, Arizona. The light colored "bathtub ring" above the waterline was created underwater before record drought reduced the flow of the Colorado River.

Feds Bet on Paying for Water Conservation to Protect the Colorado River

By Wyatt Myskow

The Central Arizona Project canal runs past homes and new home construction, center right, in the Phoenix suburbs on June 8, 2023 in Peoria, Arizona. The project carries diverted Colorado River water through a 336-mile long system to help serve 80 percent of the population of Arizona. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

As Drought Grips the Southwest, Water Utilities Find the Hunt For More Workers Challenging

By Wyatt Myskow

Mayor Kate Gallego of Phoenix, Arizona appears on a monitor as U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event on extreme heat July 27, 2023 in Washington, DC. During the event Biden announced additional actions to protect communities from the effects of extreme heat. Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images

 Q&A: After its Hottest Summer On Record, Phoenix’s Mayor Outlines the City’s Future

By Wyatt Myskow

Reusable solar panel frames are stacked and bundled at We Recycle Solar in Yuma, Arizona, on August 8, 2023. Credit: Emma Peterson.

Making Solar Energy as Clean as Can Be Means Fitting Square Panels Into the Circular Economy

By Emma Peterson, Wyatt Myskow

"This is a particularly stupid reservoir," says rancher Deirdre Macnab, who opposes the Wolf Creek Reservoir project, "and we can’t afford stupid reservoir projects.” Credit: Lee Pruitt

As the Colorado River Declines, Some Upstream Look to Use it Before They Lose it

By Wyatt Myskow

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