The majority of public land is too fire prone and far away from communities to even make sense for housing, research shows.

New Mexico’s legislators are eager to repurpose “produced water,” but environmental organizations say that there is no safe ...

Antiquities Act gave presidents the power to protect objects on public lands. A Justice Dept. memo said the Act also ”carries with it the power to revoke.” ...

This spring, as the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign accelerated around the country, Saraí Ortiz and her family began preparing for an immigration raid. Ortiz’s father, José, who is ...

The 8-0 decision overturned the U.S. Court of Appeals decision that the project’s environmental impact statement was insufficient.

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez’ ‘Blue Dog’ strategy of appealing to working-class rural moderates won her a long-held Republican district.

This year, the 2025 Sundance Institute Native Lab was held at the Picuris Pueblo-owned Hotel Santa Fe in Santa Fe, where the Native Lab relocated in 2015. Indigenous program director Adam Piron (Kiowa ...

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Marie Gluesenkamp Perez’ ‘Blue Dog’ strategy of appealing to working-class rural moderates won her a long-held Republican district.

Lisa Sorg is the North Carolina reporter for Inside Climate News. A journalist for 30 years, Sorg covers energy, climate environment and agriculture, as well as the social justice impacts of pollution ...