Slickrock – A Sticky Situation

Slickrock – A Sticky Situation

By Grant Perdue   Flowing sandstone – it mirrors waveforms in its unique pattern of uplift. A wild saturated red, orange. The expanse seems endless – almost imaginary, the way the rocks bend and flow miles-bound. Towering walls of vibrant varnish loom...
Stop the Money Pipeline

Stop the Money Pipeline

Did you know the average price of an oil rig is priced around $18 million, or that pipeline companies need to raise about $10 billion to get started on a fossil fuel pipeline project? Where the heck do the funds come from to get these massive fossil fuel projects off...
8 Tips for Writing a Climate Change Op-Ed

8 Tips for Writing a Climate Change Op-Ed

An op-ed gives members of the general public the opportunity to make their voices heard within the broader community through a well-defended piece of new opinion writing submitted to a reputable print or digital news publication. Unlike Letters to the Editor which are...
Taking Back the Clean Power Plan

Taking Back the Clean Power Plan

In March, President Trump signed an executive order directing his EPA Administrator, Scott Pruitt, to can the Clean Power Plan. In early October, Pruitt did just that, announcing his agency was rescinding the plan. We knew this was coming. But, whenever an agency...
Sheep, Locals, and Wet Snow

Sheep, Locals, and Wet Snow

A POW Scientist Voyages to the Far North to Study a Changing Snowpack         A feature on the POW Science Alliance by Dave Zook   At 58, a snow hydrologist with 30 years’ experience perhaps wouldn’t be blamed for wanting to let go of long days in remote...