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A few impressions from a drive to Page

Jun 24

A tale of not-so-rugged Western individualism

Jun 22

Friday morning I awoke, as I do almost every weekday, at 4:45 to do one of my jobs, which is to compile Western energy-related news items into a daily dispatch for the Energy News Network. I was in a Page, Arizona, hotel room on a leg of a journey that has so far taken me on a…

Jun 27

A stop at Silverton to talk Gold King Mine

Jun 20

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I spent yesterday touring a nasty oilfield in northwestern New Mexico with a group of smart, concerned citizens. We ended our tour here, at an oil and…

Jun 17

In which I play the used-to-be game

Jun 15

By George Sibley

Jun 13

Also: National Sacrifice Area?

Jun 10

The landmark law is 116 today

Jun 8

We're doomed. Or maybe not. Energy Transition and Public Lands Ticker. More.

Jun 6

Plus: Phoenix getting water act together? Nature is Scary; Wildfire Watch

Jun 3

A 1946 report called for the Colorado River System to be dammed, diverted, and industrialized

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