Standing Rock increased division in North Dakota between Indigenous communities and nearby non-Indigenous communities. Propaganda made it worse.

What new analysis of more than 300 bear encounters shows about the notion of dogs as early bear alarms or deterrents.

Western cattleman are poised to lose almost all opportunity to comment on oil and gas development underneath their property.

Sacred to our community since time immemorial, Sandia Mountain is our church, our protector and our source of well-being. It is also home to wildlife and important ecosystems, and a source of beauty ...

There’s a new sea-lebrity making waves at Pier 39 on San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf: Chonkers, a 2,000-pound Steller sea lion. But just what makes this dock-lounging, barking, yawning pinniped ...

Profligate waste and perverse tax incentives are drying up the West’s largest natural body of water. Utah’s beloved Great Salt Lake is a hotspot of biodiversity and supports a $1.9 billion diversified ...

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Congressional Democrats have opened an investigation into the mining company Energy Fuels after its CEO and chairman bought thousands of shares of the company’s stock just days before President Donald ...

If everyone talks more with the people in their lives about climate change and climate impacts, all those conversations add up, helping to mobilize support for climate action.

Donald Avila is currently serving as Warchief of the Pueblo of Sandia. The Warchief and Lt. Warchief are responsible for all religious activities held in the Pueblo. The Pueblo of Sandia urges ...