Plug-in solar offers an easy way to save on power bills and transition to clean energy, but whether the market in the U.S. takes off depends on state laws and product standards.
I submit comments not necessarily because I think they will make a difference, but because I still want to believe in the essentials of democracy. I want to believe that my voice will be heard. So off ...
Dave Foreman (another ex- Wilderness Society organizer) was the primary public speaker and rabble-rouser. Bart took on the role of movement troubadour, calling himself Johnny Sagebrush and leading the ...
Our board members serve three-year terms, with a limit of three consecutive terms. And so we bring in new members regularly, seeking out folks with a strong commitment to our mission, the skills ...
Your excellent article “ Continental shift ” (January 2026) reminded me of a series of lectures I attended in a class in the environmental sciences department at the University of Virginia about 1975.
Imperiled northern red-legged frogs need to cross a 4-lane highway in Oregon to lay their eggs. Every winter, volunteers carry them across.
HCN looks at several Western ecosystems and the various species that depend on them — including the human beings who rely on the drought-stricken Colorado River. How are farmers in the Colorado River ...
The 30 tribal nations in the watershed — the river’s most senior water users — were deliberately excluded from the Colorado River Compact negotiations, a blatant attack on tribal sovereignty. In doing ...
This story was co-published with Public Domain. President Donald Trump’s controversial pick to head the Bureau of Land Management, Steve Pearce, offered contradictory explanations about his record of ...
Two former, high-ranking Interior Department employees, from opposing political parties, call for an overhaul of public-land management.
President Donald Trump’s Interior Department is withholding key ethics disclosure information for Karen Budd-Falen, a ...
As the climate changes, ski resorts have begun relying more on machine-made snow, which comes with environmental consequences and limitations.