What it takes to win the West

Kate and Aaron are joined by pollsters Lori Weigel and Dave Metz to discuss the 14th Annual Colorado College State of the Rockies Project Conservation in the West poll. The poll surveys voters in Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah and Colorado on their environmental views. This year, it found support for conservation […]

A new report from the Center for American Progress and the Center for Western Priorities highlights the consistent popularity of conservation Between the Inflation Reduction Act’s landmark action to confront the climate crisis; the CHIPS and Science Act’s unprecedented strengthening of American manufacturing, supply chains, and national security; and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act’s […]

A new report from the Center for American Progress and the Center for Western Priorities highlights the consistent popularity of conservation Between the Inflation Reduction Act’s landmark action to confront the climate crisis; the CHIPS and Science Act’s unprecedented strengthening of American manufacturing, supply chains, and national security; and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act’s […]

The results make it unmistakably clear that the outdoors are central to Western voters and their way of life.

The Biden administration released a long-awaited environmental review of ConocoPhillips’ massive proposed Willow oil project on Alaska’s North Slope. Environmental advocates had hoped the Bureau of Land Management would indicate an intent to stop the project, in light of President Biden’s climate goals. The official document did not indicate a preferred path forwards. But journalist Adam Federman noticed that the original version of […]