President Biden. Former President Trump. The new year will bring a sea change in environmental policy in the United States. We will move from the world of special interest fantasies, …
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Raking the Forest With Donald Trump and Mike Pence
We unravel the nonsense of Donald Trump’s talk about forest management and wildfire.
Trump is a Radical on the Environment
Who can question that Donald Trump is the most radically anti-environment president in American history? His extreme tilt toward business, contempt for science, and a lack of any personal connection …
Valles Caldera to Stay in Public Ownership
In the center of northern New Mexico, the hulk of a huge dormant volcano rises above the Rio Grande Valley. This volcano formed the Jemez Mountains, one of the most …
A Story of Conservatives Running Away from Local Control
If you live in the rural West, you may get your electricity from a rural electric cooperative. If you do, you are a part owner of that coop and …
Trump’s Frantic Deregulation Frenzy
Just when the pandemic is attacking American’s lungs, the Trump administration has been rolling back air pollution regulations and increasing the amount of toxic pollution in our air.
Birds One, Trump’s Lawyers Zero
The Trump administration has a strong ideological opposition to regulations and to any sort of environmental protection. This near obsession has put the administration in opposition to every basic environmental …
Solving the West’s Water Crisis, One Cow at a Time
The Southwest is a dry place. Thin streams flowing from the high peaks trail intense green through millions of acres of red, yellow and gray desert landscape. Green fields of …
Blowing Off a Moment of National Reckoning
By Tom Ribe Donald Trump is finally losing on many fronts. Having spent years convincing portions of the public that he is a normal, serious president with the public interest …
The Perfect Virus Storm
President Don Trump was never interested in the pandemic. We all know why. The pandemic was not about him. But now it is all about him, but not in a …
