Climate Change

Idaho Republican Rep. Mike Simpson and Oregon Democrat Rep. Earl Blumenaur shared some common ground Tuesday night on the blueprint to form a new frontier for the Columbia Basin region. But the process has a long way to go.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, announced it’s once-per-decade update to climate averages Monday. Average temperatures rose in some areas of the west by a full degree, and many places saw significantly less precipitation.

President Biden's pledging a 50% reduction in greenhouse gas emmisions over the next decade. It's an ambitious goal with real consequences for the Mountain West.

Wide open spaces, like much of Wyoming, are known to be strongholds for pollinators like butterflies. They often contain critical habitat and food...

Last week, the Biden administration unveiled its budget plan for managing federal public lands, and it contains big funding increases that reflect the…

New research published in the journal Nature Climate Change finds that snow is melting earlier – often in the winter. That’s a bad sign for the Mountain…

Many oil, gas and coal-dependent communities around the Mountain West are concerned about the Biden administration's aggressive stance on climate change.…

The effects of human-caused climate change can be seen in every corner of the world. While Idaho experiences more erratic and dangerous wildfires, in…

Yet another study is showing an alarming decline in butterflies across the warming American West.

The Colorado Avalanche Information Center counts at least 33 avalanche deaths across the country so far this season. That number eclipses the 23 fatalities for the entire winter the year before – and several years prior.