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Water as a reflection
Data centers have, it’s safe to say, entered into the mainstream discourse, and most people don’t want them. Some numbers. About 70% of Americans oppose data centers coming to their towns, according to a Gallup poll, which reveals that thi...
Visible and invisible signs
One of the more frustrating parts of writing and communication generally is selecting an appropriate timescale. We often enter in the middle. We rely on sign posts — meetings, reports, decisions, and deadlines — to help explain otherwise no...
'There's no manual'
“We have no precedent to follow. There’s no manual, there’s no video,” Corpus Christi City Manager Peter Zanoni told the City Council…” — Inside Climate News, 4/23/26
October 8, 2021 - October 11, 2025 (NASA Earth Observatory)
Ove...
Transition seasons, in-between spaces
All seasons bring something special, but the rhythm of spring and fall make them my favorite. They are the buffers out of and into the extremes of winter and summer, the times when one thing can morph into something else, similar or differe...
Digging to mine, digging into groundwater
Hi there,
Have a short dispatch today on a proposal to re-mine the abandoned Anaconda Copper Mine in Nevada. The mine not only represents the legacies of hardrock mining on water and public land in the West, but it also highlights the inte...
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I'm an environmental journalist and researcher focused on groundwater policy and how communities in the West relate to water. Working on a book about managing water in the Great Basin for Island Press.
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