White Mesa residents say they’d be last to know about accidents despite being closest to danger.
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EPA takes unprecedented step to remove uranium waste from the Navajo Nation
The decision opens the door for new ways to manage uranium pollution on tribal land.
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What we learned about wildfire smoke in 2024
The list of wildfire smoke’s long-term health risks continues to grow.
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How did Native people vote this election cycle?
Accurate data is hard to come by, but one poll suggests many supported progressive priorities and liberal candidates.
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Forest therapy for wildfire survivors
Spending time in the woods can help wildfire survivors recover.
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Welcome to Daylight Nonsense Time
When the Yukon tinkered with the time change, it stretched the Mountain Time Zone to its breaking point.
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Denver’s last slaughterhouse is on the ballot
Voters face a complicated choice between jobs, workers’ rights and animal welfare.
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Fracking inside the neighborhood
As a planned community near the Rockies rises, so do concerns over a oil and gas operation that would stretch under the homes.
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Pam Houston has things to say about abortion
The author’s new book is an unflinching treatise on Roe v. Wade and life post-Dobbs.
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The mother-daughter duo fighting fossil fuels in Colorado
How Madhvi and Lalitha Chittoor teamed up against a proposed oil and gas development.
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The downballot issues driving the West’s 2024 elections
From climate and public lands to shifting political allegiances, the region faces critical choices at the ballot box.
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Alaska’s permafrost is thawing, releasing a concerning amount of mercury
“It has that sense of a bomb that’s going to go off.”
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As cities enact camping bans, where will California’s unhoused population go?
The number of people experiencing homelessness vastly exceeds the number of available shelter beds in the state.
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When the end of the road brings a new beginning
Two accomplished new novels by Joe Wilkins and Willy Vlautin feature weathered protagonists called back from the brink.
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Repeal of the Chevron doctrine will have profound consequences for federal rulemaking
Climate, public lands and tribal law regulations are now likely to face legal challenges.
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Polluted air threatens the health of New Mexico infants
A new study finds a link between air pollution and low birth weight.
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Supreme Court gives cities and towns power to criminalize homelessness
The Oregon case has been closely watched by Western cities and states.
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Learning how to live and die with long COVID
The late artist David Wojnarowicz’s work has brought me back from the dead.
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Trump vs. Biden on the climate
The next presidential election will have huge ramifications for the planet.
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Cancer is killing firefighters. So this city is going PFAS-free.
San Francisco is the first major American city to ban the substance from protective gear.