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Jonathan Thompson
Jonathan Thompson is a contributing editor at High Country News. He is the author of Sagebrush Empire: How a Remote Utah County Became the Battlefront of American Public Lands. Follow him @LandDesk
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Could the 151-year-old mining law finally be reformed?
A working group calls for reforms in advance of a green metals boom.
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Public lands had a roller coaster month
Rounding up the Biden administration’s ups and downs on land policy.
Posted inSeptember 1, 2023: Food Justice
Who owns the West?
Increasingly, land is shifting into the hands of billionaires.
Posted inAugust 1, 2023: In the Line of Fire
An antiquated law rules mining in the West
Can the U.S. finally vanquish one of the most enduring Lords of Yesterday?
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The West sizzles — even at midnight
Climate change and the urban heat islands take their toll from Phoenix to Portland.
Posted inJuly 1, 2023: Waiting for Water
Public education in the West is running short of funds
Is the ‘grand foundation’ crumbling?
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Public Lands Rule rhetoric gets wacky
Conservatives aren’t so keen on conservation.
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A dizzying look back from Phoenix’s future
A sci-fi scenario from 2008 offers insight into present day news.
Posted inJune 1, 2023: Seen and Unseen
Geothermal: Hot or not?
This old, abundant, relatively clean energy source has barely been tapped.
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Utah’s latest attack on the Antiquities Act
The bid to diminish national monuments threatens landscape preservation.
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The breakdown on the Colorado River ‘breakthrough’ water deal
The agreement isn’t the sustainable, permanent one that’s necessary.
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Can the Dolores River be saved?
A beleaguered Colorado waterway garners new attention.
Posted inMay 1, 2023: Reemergence
Seeking sanctuary on a warming planet
Scientists look to identify, map and preserve climate change refugia.
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Biden’s push for power lines
Can a flurry of new power lines tame California’s solar conundrum?
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A ‘seismic shift’ for public lands?
The new Public Lands Rule would put conservation on par with other uses.
Posted inApril 1, 2023: The Path Forward
Why electrify?
The push to evict natural gas appliances from buildings, explained.
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Atmospheric rivers ease Western drought
Record-breaking rain and snow bring salvation — and destruction — to a drought-parched West.
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The Willow project is part of a larger trend: energy colonialism
Five decades ago, the late Navajo Nation President Peterson Zah described America’s ‘power madness.’
