ICN Mountain West

In Idaho, Water Shortages Pit Farmers Against One Another

This summer, a short-lived curtailment order brought a dispute to a head between farmers irrigating from the Snake River and those dependent on groundwater. Without a long-term plan to share water, the cuts could come back next year.

By Daniel Rothberg

Montana Is a Frontier for Deep Carbon Storage, and the Controversies Surrounding the Potential Climate Solution

By Najifa Farhat

Montana’s High Court Considers a Constitutional Right to a Stable Climate

By Nicholas Kusnetz, Najifa Farhat

Governors in the West Seek Profitability for Industrial and Natural Carbon Removal Projects

By Jake Bolster

Mining the Sun: Some in the Wyoming Epicenter of the Coal Industry Hope to Sustain Its Economy With Renewables

By Jake Bolster

Out of Site, Out of Mind? New Study Finds Missing Apex Predators Are Too Often Neglected in Ecological Research

By Bing Lin

Can the Greater Sage-Grouse Be Kept Off the Endangered Species List?

By Wyatt Myskow

Using Less of the Colorado River Takes a Willing Farmer and $45 Million in Federal Funds

By Alex Hager, KUNC and Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism

The Torture and Killing of a Wolf, a New Endangered Species Lawsuit and Novel Science Revive Wyoming Debate Over the Predator

By Jake Bolster

BLM Ends Future Coal Mining on Powder River Basin Federal Lands

By Jake Bolster

At State’s Energy Summit, Wyoming Promises to ‘Make Sure Our Fossil Fuels Have a Future’

By Jake Bolster

A Rare Dose of Hope for the Colorado River as New Study Says Future May Be Wetter

By Alex Hager, KUNC

Q&A: What’s the Deal with Bill Gates’s Wyoming Nuclear Plant?

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

Biden Administration Awards Wyoming $30 Million From New ‘Solar for All’ Grant

By Jake Bolster

In Wyoming, a Tribe and a City Pursue Clean Energy Funds Spurned by the Governor

By Jake Bolster

Western States Could Make Billions Selling Renewable Energy, But They’ll Need a Lot More Regional Transmission Lines

By Wyatt Myskow

How a Tiny Inland Shorebird Could Help Save the Great Salt Lake

By Wyatt Myskow

A Plumbing Issue at This Lake Powell Dam Could Cause Big Trouble for Western Water

By Alex Hager, KUNC

Western Conservationists and Industry Each Tout Wins in a Pair of Rulings From the Same Court

By Jake Bolster