by Luke Runyon | Feb 24, 2020 | Environment, News, Politics & Policy
Coal-fired power plants are closing, or being given firm deadlines for closure, across the country. In the Western states that make up the over-allocated and drought-plagued Colorado River, these facilities use a significant amount of the region’s scarce water...
by Robyn Vincent | Jan 29, 2020 | Environment, News, Politics & Policy
In the last decade, emissions in Teton County climbed 17%. The main culprit? Transportation. Nearly two-thirds of those emissions were from vehicles. What makes these findings further problematic is that the rise in emissions wasn’t commensurate with population...
by Luke Runyon | Jan 28, 2020 | Environment, News, Politics & Policy
Every time thick, dark rain clouds move over the deserts that surround Las Vegas, there’s an anticipatory buzz. Flora and fauna alike begin preparing for the rare event, lying in wait for the first few drops. Todd Esque is usually waiting for them too from his office...
by Robyn Vincent | Jan 15, 2020 | Environment, News, Politics & Policy
The 2010s were the hottest decade on record. That recent finding from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association doesn’t surprise Dr. Rob Davies. He studies global environmental change and sustainable human systems. When it comes to the latter, he says...
by Luke Runyon | Jan 2, 2020 | Environment, News, Politics & Policy
With short-term drought plans finished, water managers from across the Southwest recently gathered in Las Vegas to figure out what’s next. The Colorado River Water Users Association annual conference brings together nearly every municipal water agency, irrigation...