AIN’T NONE OF US CAN BREATH
How do you explain racism when it is so subtle and ingrained that it became invisible to white people generations ago?
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MoreLOOKING HATE IN THE EYES IN WHITEFISH
He would constantly remind us that ‘no matter the threat, always look them in the eye so they have to acknowledge you’re human.
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MoreMY HEROES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN RODEO CLOWNS
When all hell breaks loose and disorder rules, rodeo clowns stay self-possessed and focused.
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MoreTHE WORLD IS ALIVE
Climate change and the conversion of wild ecosystems, if unchecked, threaten to collapse the global bounty of “nature’s services.”
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MoreALMOST 70 WHEN THE VIRUS ENDED HIS JOB
Brezonick knows that the huge furnaces that burn coal are closing fast. “I don’t think coal will recover and society has turned against it,”
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MoreSECRETARY BABBITT’S PROPOSAL MAKES SENSE – WITH A FEW CAVEATS
The real obstacle to Babbitt’s proposal springs from our romanticized vision of what agriculture looks like in the West.
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HERE’S HOW TO SAVE THE COLORADO RIVER
With this precedent, it’s time to create an Irrigation Reserve Program. To work, it must be voluntary, and farmers who participate must be adequately paid for the use of their irrigation rights.
MoreDON’T HURT FARMERS TO SAVE THE COLORADO
No one denies it: Over-consumption of water and extreme drought caused by climate change are realities driving the Colorado River…
MoreHere’s how to save the Colorado River
“By retiring less than 10 per cent of this irrigated acreage from production, we could eliminate the existing million acre-foot overdraft on the Colorado River..”
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MoreGRAND CANYON TAKES A BREAK FROM THE CROWDS
To reach any national park in the West, people have to travel. Travel is risky and helps spread the virus.
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MoreWHEN GETTING BACK TO NORMAL ISN’T NORMAL
What if things get worse? What if things really fail and there is a food shortage? Do any of us know how to provide for ourselves?
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