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Save the Humpback Chub!
Mining claims filed in shrunken Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante
Aug 18
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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Glen Canyon Dam hydropower: What's it good for?
Plus: A deeper look at the West's energy mix
Aug 14
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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Deadpool Data Dump: The Western water situation is dire
💀 Deadpool Data Dump 🌊
Aug 11
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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The energy transition persists, in spite of Trump
Solar is gaining ground on Western states' grids
Aug 7
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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Feds release Colorado River plan, and no one's very happy about it
🐟 Colorado River Chronicles 💧
Aug 4
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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Plus: More wacky weather! And visualizing water inequality from space
Jul 31
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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On energy binges, data centers, and old projects on new national monuments
Plus: Deadline tomorrow to weigh in on Chaco Canyon Cultural Protection Zone
Jul 28
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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The Big Data Center Buildup comes for ... public lands?
🤖 Data Center Watch 👾 🌵 Public Lands 🌲
Jul 24
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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Trump looks to gut a key historic preservation law
A weakened Section 106 makes national monuments and the Chaco mineral withdrawal more important than ever
Jul 21
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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Trump's Bears Ears and GSENM shrinkage maps are out, and they are ugly
Plus: BLM moves to erase Chaco buffer zone; random real estate room
Jul 17
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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Trump slashes nearly 3 million acres from Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments
It's far, far worse than the last time Trump took his Sharpie to cherished public lands
Jul 14
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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Lake Powell's bad math persists; USFS greenlights AZ mine; AZ river runs dry
Plus: Faraday's Copper Creek project has deep-pocketed backers
Jul 10
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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Havasupai Tribe slams AZ regulators over uranium mine arsenic easing
Plus: Wildfires keep on burning, and the weather isn't helping
Jul 7
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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USDA chief: Give me more cattle in the national forests!
Plus a Messing with Maps look back at the summer of 1776
Jul 3
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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