Farmers, tribes and environmental advocates in rural Oregon raise alarms about the empty promises of biofuels.

Copies of the original plan still exist, one of which sits in the Los Angeles Public Library, where it fell into the hands of the artist and video game designer Alice Bucknell. For Bucknell, the plan ...

Brent Davis thinks he grows the tastiest tomatoes. For four generations, his family has farmed and ranched near the eastern shore of Utah’s Great Salt Lake, 45 minutes north of Salt Lake City. He ...

During a Feb. 14 speech before the Wyoming Legislature, U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R, heaped praise on the Trump ...

Workers describe projects on wildfire prevention, environmental restoration and trail repair halted by Trump administration terminations.

This article appeared in the March 2025 print edition of the magazine with the headline “‘Rights of nature’ laws take root in the West.” ...

To go on strike is to risk your life; the classist elitism will threaten to crush you and your body even as you lay it down before the machines, both real and metaphorical. Labor leaders under every ...

I always learn from Jonathan Thompson’s work in HCN. But in his recent “ The climate fight endures ,” (February 2025), I must call out one half-sentence about Idaho that rankles: “much of its power ...

Male roadrunners’ colors become accentuated during mating season. In fact, in many bird species, males are the showiest, sporting iridescent, delectable colors, blooming tail feathers, and, in the ...

She lured Tiptoe from his hutch with bell peppers, covered him with a blanket and, with the help of family members, hoisted all 175 pounds of the tortoise — which is a lot of tortoise — into the back ...

Fine art, downtown markets and natural aesthetics bloom at the Heard Museum as Phoenix’s cultural institution springs forward ...

In Alaska, a biologist and her family learn how quickly these iconic predators can change the menu — and bend the rules.