Desert Environmental News, April 21, 2025

Marfa grasslands, long inhabited by grazing cattle, could soon be the site of a multi-million dollar data center established to meet the growing demand for artificial intelligence if preliminary plans progress.

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham vetoed on Friday, April 11, HB 219, which would have established a new state park in Doña Ana County. The bill, sponsored by state Sen. Jeff Steinborn, D-Las …

Border wall construction efforts and their effects on the area and wildlife of Quitobaquito Springs, Arizona, are discussed on Feb. 3, 2025 (Video).

Albemarle’s Silver Peak lithium mine in Esmeralda County was operating outside of its air quality permits.

From El Paso to Richmond, Virginia, warehouses are leaking ethylene oxide, a cancer-causing chemical. Almost no one knows about them.

Nevada is feeling the effects of climate change, especially with extreme heat in the summer.

It is no secret that black bears are here to stay in the Big Bend. In fact, the Borderlands Research Institute and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) are currently in the midst of a black bear study thanks in part to some “unruly” bears doing what bears do-digging into trashcans and becoming a nuisance in our communities.

Fifteen years ago when Utah State University watershed sciences professor Phaedra Budy began to study the river, small sections would dry up occasionally. “Now, there are years where the entire lower 40 kilometers of the San Rafael are completely bone dry.”

U.S. Customs and Border Protection plans to build nearly 25 miles of new border wall in the San Rafael Valley, sealing up the "biological hotspot" in Southern Arizona as part

According to four people with knowledge of the situation, discussions are taking place behind the scenes about addressing NV Energy's liability in wildfires started by its equipment.

Proposed gold mining project gains board support.

Trump put the Oak Flat mine project on a priority list of mines a day after announcing the feds would try to speed up a land swap needed for the mine.

Las Vegas needs more green spaces in poor areas.

As drought in Utah worsens and water levels at Lake Powell drop, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox is considering an emergency declaration.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) recently announced a proposal to gather wild horses and address the growing population in the Lahontan Herd Manage...

Carson City has been working with the National Park Service – Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance program to facilitate the master plan update.

The first Trump administration built long segments of steel wall on Arizona's border. Conservationists fear wildlife will suffer if work resumes.

"Being Yaqui is this whole way of life," and Carlos Valencia is using art, language and education to strengthen his community's cultural connections.

Indigenous communities have taken steps to prohibit uranium mining and transportation on their lands due to the history of contamination, illness and death.