Wind resistance

The Lava Ridge Wind Project would consist of 400 turbines up to 740 feet in height and the associated infrastructure, including new roads, powerlines, substations, maintenance facilities and battery storage facilities. It would be located 25 miles northeast of Twin Falls.

Idaho Sen. Jim Risch and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland had a tense exchange for over seven minutes on the proposed Lava Ridge Wind Project on Tuesday.

Attorneys for Eagle County and conservation groups blast Uinta Basin Railway project in U.S. Court of Appeals in D.C. as Glenwood Springs cleans up mudslide, Palisade firefighters douse burning railcar

Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso’s 114-page Spur Permitting of Underdeveloped Resources (SPUR) Act would limit federal officials’ discretion over coal, oil and gas leasing, set time limits on the issuance of permits and raise the priority of pipelines and transmission lines.

As other Western utilities shutter coal-fired power plants and pivot to renewables, NorthWestern suggests the likelihood of an energy shortage at times of peak demand. Coal and natural gas are the energy sources the utility concludes make the most sense.

The $40 billion export project would be the second major fossil fuel initiative in the state to have stalled under the Trump administration — only to see its fortunes rise under Biden.

Vancouver, British Columbia-based Atomic Minerals Corp. CEO Clive Massey said the company’s confidence is high that the region could be a prolific producer of the material — used to fuel nuclear reactors — because old oil wells on federal land reveal thick layers of “off the charts” radioactive rock.

Atlantic Richfield Company purchases more than 1,000 acres of patented mining claims and other properties from Arizona-based Disposition Properties in and around Rico, Colorado, dimming the threat of massive development.

This week in Gardnerville, Nevada, mine developer Ioneer Corp. held a grand opening for its Tiehm’s Buckwheat Conservation Center, a greenhouse dedicated exclusively to research and conservation of the buckwheat.

The metallurgical coal company developing a coal mine near Sheridan says it has unearthed a major deposit of rare earth elements at the site.

Will New Mexico’s new law stop a proposed nuclear waste dump?

Federal agencies have announced two upcoming meetings on a proposal to ban new oil and gas leasing and mining claims on some 225,000 acres in western Colorado for up to 20 years.

Hunters fighting a $7-million corner-crossing suit on Wednesday rejected an assertion that a digital “waypoint” marker set in a mapping program on one of their cellphones proves they trespassed on the Elk Mountain Ranch.

Flathead National Forest’s initial proposal to not review potential environmental impacts is raising questions about how forest managers decide which projects deserve a closer study.

The Montana Legislature passed a bill that sets new limits on legal challenges against projects impacting the environment, and about 250 businesses and residents in Paradise Valley are urging a veto from the governor.

A small Nevada company, Vidler Water Resources, spent decades buying water. As the West dries up, it’s cashing out.

But if the deep snow melts too fast, the rafting season that might have been could end in a rush of dangerous water and debris.

Scientists in Colorado are studying snow sublimation, in which snow evaporates before it can melt into water. The new data collected will help water managers across the West understand Colorado River supply.

We have a chance this year to watch a fascinating intersection of climate-change driven changes in the Rio Grande through Albuquerque as filtered through both physical infrastructure and what we call the "institutional hydrograph".

The falls' power in the face of human fragility can make them seem immortal, but they're not. As our combustion of fossil fuels continues to warm the earth, Spokane Falls — like everything else on our planet — faces very real danger.

Responding to the scene of a dead grizzly bear Monday, officials found a mature boar shot and killed just off the North Fork Highway at MP 14 near the East Entrance to Yellowstone National Park.

Shed hunters flock to Teton County for opening day, including many out-of-staters who will face nonresident restrictions next year.

After four consecutive years of excessive numbers of trumpeter swans killed by hunters, Utah wildlife officials propose outlawing the hunting of the rare waterfowl.

Senators passed a resolution overturning a rule that listed the lesser prairie-chicken under a federal endangered species designation.

The once-abundant brown trout population in the upper Clark Fork River has plummeted. Recent electrofishing by Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks counted only 25 fish per mile. Biologists are puzzled.

Feeling crowded out of the prime fishing spots in the Clearwater Basin, the Nez Perce Tribe will experiment with gill nets and drift nets during the spring chinook fishing season.

A new restriction on chemicals sold at garden centers in Colorado could help restore bees. Here are ways you can help the keystone species.

Advocates demand urgent action on day commemorating missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in U.S. and Canada.

"This is a stark reminder of just how unpredictable and powerful wildfire can be."

Because calves are born wet they have to get dry, get a drink of milk, and warm up quickly. And the brutal weather has made that tough.

TD Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts painted a picture of an environmentally benign utopia, a place where high-dollar guests from places like Los Angeles could take their golf carts down to view animals traveling along the world’s longest-known mule deer migration route.

A community meeting sponsored by EPA in Butte on Monday night included some harsh words for agency officials about the EPA's performance to date, lead levels in soil and more.

As the imminent Rail Tie Wind Project clears its final hurdles, other wind farms are emerging in the northern part of Albany County — to significantly less fanfare or controversy.

The carbon capture testing ground built at a Wyoming coal plant in 2018 is positioned, at last, to launch a pair of promising technologies from the lab to the market.

Colorado lawmakers advanced an air pollution bill that, despite a signification reduction in scope last month, continues to face opposition.

Peter Wohlleben changed our understanding of the inner workings of trees. Now he’s taking on the climate crisis. A Tyee Q&A.