Photos by Austin Smith When POW Athlete Alliance member and pro snowboarder Austin Smith set out on a cross-country road trip in his new all-electric Hyundai Ioniq 5, he was doing more than just exploring a new way of travel. He was experiencing firsthand the profound...
Photo by POW Creative Alliance member Sara Robbins When President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in August 2022, it was hailed as the most important climate law in US history. Since then, the IRA’s impact has only grown. Initially, the Congressional...
Photos by Summer Doss My love affair with the Dolores River began in 2019. It was my first season as a river guide and I had just finished derigging a trip when another guide told me, “The Dolores is running and I know you’re free this week. Let’s go.” We...
Photo by Donny O’Neill Neil Lareau says he hasn’t seen any precipitation in the Sierra Nevada, where he lives, since he went skiing on Cinco de Mayo. It’s July now, with a series of heatwaves billowing across the West and Dr. Neil Lareau, an atmospheric...
Photo by Adam Clark Jumping into climate conversations can feel a bit like having a go at a new sport. It’s scary, uncomfortable, and uncertain. But it’s also worth it. Sometime late in the summer of 2012, I sat in a packraft, teetering through rolling...
