The West Has the Minerals America Needs. That's the Problem
China controls the refining. The 1872 Mining Law controls the land. The critical minerals crisis could change the American West forever. If we let it.
Solar Is Destroying Something Ancient - And Nobody's Talking About It
That crunching sound under your boots in the desert is hundreds of years of living biocrust soil, and we're crushing it for solar farms that could be built on already-degraded land instead.
What They Left in the Ground
On federal public lands, 16,000 abandoned oil and gas wells are leaking, and the people who drilled them are gone.
California’s Oil & Gas Leasing Door Is Creaking Open Again
Not a lease sale yet. Still a turning point.
Delay Without Resolution: How California Permits Clean Energy
Soda Mountain Solar shows why California needs faster clean energy approvals and clearer lines on where to build.