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A new venture near Salmon signals an uptick in hardrock mining across the West.

El compostaje podría ser la solución.

Composting could be the solution.

The new climate bill could help reveal industrial pollution. But no law requires the government to act.

Industry groups are pushing the U.S. government to keep buying their plastics.

$10 for 3.2 billion gallons of water? A loophole in Utah law could enable the country’s first commercial oil mining operation.

In a “remarkable” letter, the EPA accused Louisiana regulators of neglecting Black residents’ concerns about toxic air pollution.

Who wants to work for the brands that brought you climate change?

As water resources dwindle, Western communities are investing in new ways to ensure young trees survive.

Glen Canyon and the Hoover Dam are “not the whole story.”

The broadest look yet shows it's not just a Western worry.

Researchers worry that microplastics may be messing with an important carbon sequestration process.

With wind coming to the Gulf of Mexico, Texas unions demand stronger labor protections.

“People in the Global South and emerging economies are already paying the price of climate change every single day."

Without state or federal funds, farmers, ranchers, and local governments are struggling to fix the environmental damage left from decades of drilling.

A network of groups backed by the plastics industry claims polypropylene containers are “widely recyclable,” despite ample evidence to the contrary.

The good news is that prevention is possible.

The region is still recovering from a particularly intense hurricane season in 2020.

A new report says expanding biodiversity protections are a threat to human rights.

A new framework will require countries to buy carbon offsets if their air travel emissions keep growing.