Two forest fires ravaged the Jemez Mountains near Los Alamos, New Mexico in the last 20 years. These fires are famous among land managers, scientists, politicians, and conservationists because they …
Category: Climate change
Pushing for More Prescribed Burning
“This is the first bill related to wildfire that I’ve seen in Congress that actually has fire in it!” exclaimed Tim Ingalsbee, Director of Firefighters United for Safety Ethics and …
Climbing out of the Trump’s Environmental Policy Dumpster
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Permanent Drought in New Mexico?
Too many people from Colorado to Mexico expect to get water from the Rio Grande and scientists know that climate change is shrinking the Rio Grande as drought grips our region and overall temperatures steadily rise over time.
The Hidden Toilet Paper Crisis
Americans are buying toilet paper like never before. Crowds flocked to the stores as the covid19 crisis began, and for whatever reason, they cleaned out the national toilet paper supply …
Methane from New Mexico Oil Wells Exacerbating Climate Change
New Mexico’s state budget depends on oil and gas for the bulk of the funds powering our state government. One third of the budget in 2019 came from oil and …
