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Rollback of protections for roadless areas ignites debate over wildfire management; new concept for managing Colorado River flows proposed amid dwindling reservoirs; domestic policy package threatens Native American and Indigenous communities;…

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Since its founding two decades ago, the Bill Lane Center has become a thriving community of students and researchers who examine the American West in all its complexities.
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In 2021, we interviewed Buzz Thompson about a newly-launched California water market, seen primarily as a tool to help farmers hedge against water price increases. Now, Thompson has co-authored a study proposing an "environmental" water market with…
Backers say Small Modular Reactors promise safe, cheap, carbon-free energy. But as is common in nuclear power, the reality is more complicated. The small city of Kemmerer, Wyoming, is set to house the first U.S. commercial-scale SMR demonstration.
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New research out of Stanford's Bill Lane Center for the American West highlights progress and challenges in municipal fleet electrification under California’s Advanced Clean Fleet rule.
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