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“This can’t be the United States”: An excerpt from River of Lost Souls

To drive west out of Farmington is to travel through the borderland, where the northeastern edge of the Navajo Nation … More

#RiverofLostSouls, coal, journalism, newmexico, Pollution, Writing

Photo gallery: Chaco-region oil and gas development

The San Juan Basin in northwestern New Mexico and southwestern Colorado has been a hydrocarbon extraction hotspot since the 1920s. … More

#RiverOfLostSoulsBook, Chaco, DrillingChaco, Energy, HighCountryNews, journalism, naturalgas, Navajo, newmexico, Oil, Photography, Pueblo

Dataviz: Life in the Energy Sacrifice Zone

Read my High Country News story about the fight against drilling in the Greater Chaco Region.  Shortly after 10 p.m. … More

#BearsEars, Archaeology, Chaco, DrillingChaco, Energy, environmental history, Fracking, HighCountryNews, Navajo, newmexico, Oil, Pueblo, StandingRock

New Mexico oil bounty comes with costs

In 2017, New Mexico moved into third place in the nation for oil production, pumping some 16 million barrels from … More

accidents, Climate, dataviz, Energy, global warming, newmexico, Oil, Pollution

Interior Secy. Zinke is Albert Fall and other writings on energy/public lands

In a harried attempt to keep up with the Trump administration’s assault on public lands, I’ve put out a flurry … More

#BearsEars, Archaeology, Chaco, Energy, journalism, newmexico, Oil, PublicLands, Trump, Utah, Writing

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