Center News and Notes

Interior scraps environmental reviews for 3,244 oil leases across the West; Boebert pushes to delist wolves; rural western towns demand release of frozen climate funds; Tribes still lack access to Colorado River water; California salmon fishing…

With promises of jobs and hopes for tax breaks, server farms are reshaping local grids, plumbing, and politics. Are they a boon for communities, or a burden?

Architects of the 2014 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act tried to forestall conflict between state regulators and local groundwater users. But judging plans “inadequate” creates hard-to-reconcile differences.

Their place in the region’s culture and economy has changed. Horse specialists like Curt Pate ensure some still play their old ranching role.

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.