Colorado Plateau

Efforts are being proposed to clean up the air and increase visibility at one of North America’s most famous vistas; the Grand Canyon. George Hardeen reports on the goals of the Grand Canyon Visibility Transport Commission.

As climate change cuts the flow of the Colorado river, drought-like conditions in the American Southwest may become the norm.

An 80 foot tile of uranium tailings sits in Moab, Utah, a remnant of the town’s mining history during the Cold War. “The Pile,” as locals call it, sits along the banks of the Colorado River and leaches thousands of chemicals into the river daily. Five years ago, the Department of Energy was charged with […]