Coal gets a boost as renewables are gutted
A few years back, my friend Norm told me that when he was growing up in northern New Mexico in…
MoreThe slippery slope of e-bike access
When I visited Bryce Canyon National Park recently, the shared paths were crowded with electric motorcycles. They say they are…
MorePublic land goes back on the chopping block
The radical notion of selling off public lands is back. And this time it seems that only the Congress can…
T. A. Barron
MoreAmericans face a test of community and citizenship
Each of us Americans conducts our daily life in bubbles, all shockingly siloed from each other. These days, we don’t…
MoreErasing history, one park at a time
As the philosopher George Santayana said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” It’s true that…
MoreMust we kill one species to save another?
Barred owls, with their vivid brown stripes, are acting like bullies of the forest in the Northwest, driving their smaller…
MoreProtect the firefighters who protect our homes and forests
You probably don’t see wildland firefighters on the job because they usually work in remote areas. But with wildfires moving…
Federal firefighters digging a fire line, photo courtesy National Interagency Fire Center
MoreEnergy dominance harms our public lands
I live in Jackson County, in northern Colorado, where hundreds of inactive and abandoned oil wells litter the landscape. Not…
MoreFor waste and ineficiency you can’t beat ethanol
Corn ethanol, also known as grain alcohol, has been burned in gasoline engines and human stomachs since before Henry Ford…
An ethanol production plant in South Dakota. Credit: photos by jim
MoreThe threat of tariffs is already my problem
Unless revoked or substantially reduced to what they are now, 30 percent for 90 days, President Trump’s tariffs will still…
MorePublic lands are a national treasure and must not be sold
Public lands are one of our country’s great equalizers. It doesn’t matter how much money you have—a billionaire and a…
More“De-extinction” is a fool’s errand
To breathless media coverage, a company called Colossal Biosciences now claims to have produced three genetically engineered pups of the…
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