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Feds release Colorado River plan for a warming climate
Also: Are Hovenweep and Aztec Ruins national monuments really in danger of shrinkage?
11 hrs ago
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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On the picket line with the Telluride Ski Patrol union
Guest Post from Zak Podmore
Jan 12
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Zak Podmore
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Data Dump: One year into the "energy emergency"
Trump has helped oil and gas companies, but "drill, baby, drill" remains elusive
Jan 9
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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Oil, Ego, and Venezuela
On Trump's dangerous "Donroe Doctrine" shenanigans
Jan 6
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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December 2025
Sacrifice for the Sun: Fiction for the Solstice
Editor’s Note: I’ve run this one on solstice before, but it has been updated a bit (and we have a lot of new readers) and this seems like a good note to…
Dec 21, 2025
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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Looking for light in the season of darkness
Plus: Wacky Weather, Data Centers, more.
Dec 19, 2025
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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"Dancing with Deadpool" on the Colorado River
Plus: Wolves run wild -- at least until they get caught
Dec 16, 2025
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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Foto Friday: Autumn 2025 from the road edition
Plus: Interior official Karen Budd-Falen's financial ties to controversial lithium mine revealed
Dec 12, 2025
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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The lie of the "salt-of-the-earth" Sagebrush Rebel
Also: Big Data Center Buildup accelerates; More uranium "mining" in Lisbon Valley; Messing with Maps: housing edition
Dec 9, 2025
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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A weird water year so far: Abundant rain, sparse snow
Plus: National park shenanigans in Utah
Dec 2, 2025
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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November 2025
On Trump's arroyo-phobic Clean Water Act rule
Plus: Congress kills another RMP, sows chaos; Trump endangers Endangered Species Act
Nov 25, 2025
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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Study: Something's gotta give on the Rio Grande
Climate change and overconsumption are drying up the Southwest's "other" big river
Nov 21, 2025
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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