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Articles about American West

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    • Energy and Climate
    • by Ted Nordhaus & Nikki Chiappa
    Congress Must Act To Protect Endangered Species From Catastrophic Wildfires
  • Monopoly
    • Food and Agriculture
    • Jennifer Bernstein
      by Jennifer Bernstein
    Welcome to “National Parks Monopoly”
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    • Energy and Climate
    • by Patrick Brown , Nikki Chiappa & Alex Trembath
    Only Permitting Reform Can Prevent Forest Fires
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    • Food and Agriculture
    • Michael Moran
      by Michael Moran
    Water Wars: The Southwest’s Procrastination Comes Home to Roost
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    • Energy and Climate
    • Patrick Brown
      by Patrick Brown
    To Protect Forests, They Must Be Logged and Burned
  • The Clean Cow [web version]

    Cutting the Carbon Footprint of US Beef Production

    by Dan Blaustein-Rejto , Alex Smith & Emma Kovak
  • Drilling Innovation Main
    • Energy and Climate
    • by Matthew Stepp & Megan Nicholson
    Drilling for Innovation

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