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The seasonal pattern is transitioning to its opposite heading into the summer, bringing with it a change in the jet stream
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Researchers have found the sound that soot makes under bright light can be used to assess the impact of wildfires.
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Colorado lawmakers are facing a $170 budget shortfall, which could impact an effort to reduce air, water and soil pollution in low-income neighborhoods and communities of color that have experienced disproportionate health impacts for decades.
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A new report shows air pollution is affecting most national parks across the U.S., including parts of the Mountain West.
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A coalition of environmental groups has proposed a set of new rules for managing the Colorado River amid heated negotiations about how to share the water supply, which is shrinking due to climate changed.
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U.S. federal agencies and sovereign tribal agencies often work together on shared goals like managing wildfire, improving wildlife habitat and other issues. A new repository collects a number of these co-stewardship - or sovereign-to-sovereign - agreements in an effort to help tribes and others better understand their possible uses.
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A new paper finds that current wildfire suppression policies can increase fire severity as much as decades of fuel accumulation and climate change. Using fire models, the area burned annually grew much faster under current suppression policy when compared to a policy of allowing low- and moderate-intensity blazes to burn.
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Drought and relentless demand converge in iconic river basin.
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For the first time, the Washington County Water Conservancy District has created a Spanish version of its workshop on water-efficient landscaping.
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Methane is a strong climate-warming pollutant. And a new study shows oil and gas operations in the Mountain West and beyond are leaking a lot more of it than the government thinks.
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Here’s what you need to know about the five potential options for managing the use of Bears Ears National Monument in southeast Utah.