The number of people experiencing homelessness vastly exceeds the number of available shelter beds in the state.
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Is your community ready for a wildfire?
Local governments throughout the West are investing in wildfire defense. Here’s how to know if yours is one of them.
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A silicon revival in the West
Is the region ready to produce the world’s most advanced technology?
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Grabbing public land in the name of housing
Have politicians finally found a way to take public land out of the public’s hands?
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What a Kamala Harris presidency could mean for the West
Harris has prioritized protecting public lands and pursued accountability for polluters, but her track record on tribal affairs is mixed.
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Project 2025’s extreme vision for the West
The demolition of public lands, water and wildlife protections are part of conservatives’ plan for a second Trump term.
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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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Supreme Court curtails agencies’ ability to enforce regulations
The repeal of the bedrock Chevron doctrine throws climate and conservation laws into doubt.
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Voters from both parties want enduring public lands protection
Opinion: The Biden administration has made progress protecting lands that belong to all Americans. But there’s more to be done.
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The theft of the commons
It’s time to turn away from land ownership and back to land relationship.
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What being a rural election official is like
And what’s worrying one expert this November.
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The American Climate Corps take flight, with most jobs based in the West
Biden’s climate jobs program will put young people to work starting this summer.
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As the Gila Wilderness turns 100, the Wilderness Act is still a living law
Wilderness areas are changing in profound ways — and so are our ideas about them.
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Hate groups in western Washington echo the past
The bigotry displayed when white supremacists disrupted a Pride celebration in Centralia repeats a pattern that dates back to 1919.
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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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When school lunch is free
New programs that provide free meals to all students are gaining popularity.
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An environmental justice coalition for all
How has Biden’s record on conservation served communities of color?
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Is Biden a public-lands protector?
The administration makes the biggest land-management moves in a half century.
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Tribes turn to the U.N. for help intervening in gigantic Arizona wind project
The SunZia transmission line will cut through Indigenous lands in the Southwest.