A lawyer called me today to find out if I thought she might have a case against the federal government for its role in the origins of the Hermit Peak/Calf …
Category: energy policy
Harsh Lessons from an Ancient People
Bandelier National Monument offers the perfect blend of strange wilderness beauty and human interest with the mysterious cliff dwellings of long-gone Pueblo people. Early Pueblo people lived across this landscape …
Running out of Time: COP26 and the Human Future
The COP26 climate change talks just ended in Stockholm and Greta Thunberg, the young Swedish activist, told the world the truth about what went on. She summed up the …
Capitol Attack Threatens Our Public Lands
The events of January 6 in Washington pose a direct threat to our public lands and the survival of our forests, deserts, parks, wildlife, clean air and water. Those of …
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, …
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 …
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 …
Killing Birds by the Billions
A flock of ducks flies over the land, blue sky and warming spring breezes. The birds see a pond reflecting the bright sun and drop onto its surface… never to …
Ignorance is Bliss: Blocking Science and the Public on Public Lands
Society is impossible without government. Even wolf packs have a rudimentary form of government. Government without science and facts as the basis for decision making is indeed tyranny. Yet it …
