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What’s really holding up renewable energy transmission construction
Kate and Aaron are joined by clean energy consultant Rob Gramlich, founder and president of Grid Strategies LLC, to talk about the need to ramp up renewable transmission capacity in the U.S. Gramlich
Making conservation more inclusive
Kate and Aaron are joined by the co-chairs of the America the Beautiful for All Coalition, a new group that came together to ensure conservation benefits marginalized and overly burdened communities.
Biden designates two new national monuments
The announcement of two new national monuments formed the centerpiece of the White House Conservation in Action Summit on March 21, 2023. Biden designated Avi Kwa Ame and Castner Range national monume
The tangled fates of Arizona and Arabia
Aaron and Kate are joined by author and professor Natalie Koch, whose new bookArid Empire: The Entangled Fates of Arizona and Arabiaexplores the ways in which Arizona and Saudi Arabia have worked to
What Western voters think about conservation
Kate and Aaron are joined by pollsters Lori Weigel and Dave Metz to talk about the most interesting and important statistics from the recently released 2023 Colorado College State of the Rockies Conse
What’s going on with the Colorado River?
Kate and Aaron are joined by water scientist Brad Udall to talk about the current state of the Colorado River. Water levels are dropping and something has to give or the rivers main reservoirsLake P
Why we need mining reform on public lands
Aaron and Kate are joined by two mining reform experts to talk about the need to update our century-old mining laws and regulations in order to protect vulnerable communities and public lands as inter
Are we about to see a mining boom for EV minerals in the West?
Mining expert Ian Lange joins Kate and Aaron to talk about critical minerals and mining in the West. Lange directs the mineral and energy economics program at the Colorado School of Mines and is an ex
Fighting a plan to mine oil in Utah using billions of gallons of Colorado River water
On this episode of The Landscape, Kate and Aaron are joined by Grand Canyon Trust staff attorney Michael Toll to discuss a plan to mine hundreds of thousands of barrels of waxy crude oil in Utah near
The past year in public lands
On this episode of The Landscape, Center for Western Priorities Executive Director Jennifer Rokala and CWP Director of Campaigns and Special Projects Lauren Bogard join Aaron and Kate to go over the p