“Power Madness” in America, the Big Buildup of coal, and a Senate hearing from five decades ago

Five decades ago, the US Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs held a remarkable hearing. It was notable because … More

The Big Breakdown of coal, illustrated by one chart

After World War II, the federal government, utilities, and developers embarked on a project to build dams, mines, power plants, … More

A quick look at the Environmental Protection Agency’s Toxic Release Inventory map for the nation reveals a startling fact: The … More

Alarm bells went off throughout the Animas and San Juan River drainages this weekend when big storms and the historically … More

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

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

Beneath the murky green waters on the north end of Lake Powell, entombed within the tons of silt that have … More

I promised that I was working on a data visualization of natural gas pipeline breaches, and after crunching a bunch … More

After the latest big oil spill — 200,000 + gallons on the Keystone line in South Dakota — I decided … More