Taking down four dams in Oregon and California would be a coup for advocates of dam removal. It could also mark the moment when their movement rediscovers a more realistic goal: bringing restoration into balance with human needs.
Arctic Wildlife Refuge nearer to drilling than ever before; California learning “firenados” are the new summer normal; a federal lab in Colorado starts to prepare the national grid for a renewable future; walruses in the Arctic head for land to rear young – something they once did on ice – and other environmental news from the West.
