On a muggy July day, volunteers marched the half mile from Eugene, Oregon’s Sierra Club office to City Hall, chanting, “Climate change is here to stay, and billionaires have g ...

An appeals court hearing could determine whether feds reconsider Endangered Species Act protections for wolves across the West.

Finding a four-leaf clover feels like a moment of improbable luck; having a dog is a long, sustained luck you don’t recognize until you realize how extraordinary the ordinary days have been.

Her husband spent years working in Carbon County’s namesake coal mines. In this pocket of central Utah, energy and the ...

Wildfires across the West have renewed concerns over the fate of water quality in the aftermath. Fire retardants used to slow the spread of a blaze add to the worries.

Steve Edwards, chairman of the Swinomish Tribal Community at Lone Tree Point, on the Swinomish Reservation in Washington. Credit: Jovelle Tamayo The Smokehouse Tidal Marsh project on the Swinomish ...

The Teton mountains reflect on Oxbow Bend in Grand Teton National Park in Moran, Wyo. Credit: Amber Baesler/AP Photo Few issues matter more to Wyoming hunter Jeff Muratore than the fate of the public ...

When Coalmine Canyon Chapter’s members first learned of the proposed Painted Desert Power project — one of the largest solar installations in the United States in terms of output and size — they were ...

This article is co-published with Public Domain. On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order singling out the state of Alaska and its abundant stores of oil, gas and ...

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Two-thirds of Americans are worried about climate change, but many don’t realize how they can play a significant role in climate action — at least, not yet. KH: First, if you look at the data, the ...

Low water levels are visible at the Great Salt Lake on April 08, 2026 near Syracuse, Utah. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images When tired Mormon settlers crested the Wasatch Mountains in July 1847 ...