Pulse of the Land - 11/19/2025
A weekly brief for conservation and cleaner energy
Grow the Grid, Spare the Backcountry - FERC's Oct 16th Meeting Summary
Faster hookups, tighter (digital) maps, fewer new scars (if we choose)
Orchestrating Energy to Protect Public Land
Grid efficiency spares wild places. AI may gulp power, but it can also orchestrate when and where we use it.
Salt at Sunset
How sodium-ion batteries turn noon sunshine into reliable 7 p.m. power. And the impact to public land.
What BLM's RMP Amendment Changes for the Proposed Resource Management Plan Amendment for the Greater Sage-Grouse Rangewide Planning
From pipelines to powerlines: what the sage grouse amendment shift means for conservation and extraction.
What would happen on public lands if 25% of our grid ran on nuclear?
Forcasting the future management on US public lands if nuclear energy becomes more prominant and sourcing uranium comes home.
Summary of the Resource Management Plans that could be scrapped by Congress's CRA - North Dakota, Central Yukon (AK), PRB (MT)
A detailed review of the science backed RMPs.
The People’s Ground
A field guide of public lands and energy. Conserve it or use it?
Roadless, Not Reckless
Why opening 58 million acres for “a few roads” is overreach, and how the rule keeps water clean, wildlife connected, and fires fewer.
The Big Beautiful Land Grab: Short-Term Energy, Long-Term Consequences
We may have avoided selling off public lands, but new leases and environmental rollbacks still put ecosystems at risk.