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This week, global climate-change news revolved around the COP29 climate summit. In the West, we saw new Colorado River management plans, remembering the resistance to Los Angeles water appropriation, offshore oil rig reclamation, approval of remote…
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Horses are still intertwined in the tapestry of the West
Their place in the region’s culture and economy has changed. Horse specialists like Curt Pate ensure some still play their old ranching role.
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In the second episode of a series of podcasts on the West, Grey Matter host Michael Krasny interviews Felicity Barringer about the environmental journalism magazine she launched for the Bill Lane Center.
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Along the Pacific coast, the U.S.’ fledgling seaweed industry seeks profit in biofuels, greener cattle forage and, just maybe, a place at the American dinner table.
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A fixture of the West for millennia, dust storms are becoming more frequent as the byproduct of water diversions and climate change.
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