Wyatt Myskow
@wyattmyskow.bsky.social
covering public land debacles, water shenanigans and other climate-related tomfoolery in the southwest for Inside Climate News | get in touch @ wyatt.myskow@insideclimatenews.org
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Wyatt Myskow
@wyattmyskow.bsky.social
· Nov 13
With the resurgence of this site, I thought I’d reintroduce myself.
I cover the West for Inside Climate News, writing about drought, our public lands, biodiversity and the renewable energy transition, mostly centered on the impacts to rural communities.
Below are some stories I’m proud of.
I cover the West for Inside Climate News, writing about drought, our public lands, biodiversity and the renewable energy transition, mostly centered on the impacts to rural communities.
Below are some stories I’m proud of.
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The Colorado River Basin states blew past a Tuesday deadline to agree on a plan to cut water use. So far, the Trump administration is letting them keep negotiating without consequence: www.latimes.com/environment/... via @ianjames.bsky.social
The clock is ticking on the shrinking Colorado River as Western states miss a key deadline
Negotiators for seven states say they're making progress in negotiations aimed at addressing the Colorado River's chronic water shortages. But they missed an initial deadline.
www.latimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The Colorado River Basin states blew past a Tuesday deadline to agree on a plan to cut water use. So far, the Trump administration is letting them keep negotiating without consequence: www.latimes.com/environment/... via @ianjames.bsky.social
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The clock is ticking on the shrinking Colorado River as Western states miss a key deadline
"There’s no agreement yet, but time marches on, and conditions on the river continue to be problematic — more problematic over time as those reservoirs decline.” www.latimes.com/environment/...
"There’s no agreement yet, but time marches on, and conditions on the river continue to be problematic — more problematic over time as those reservoirs decline.” www.latimes.com/environment/...
The clock is ticking on the shrinking Colorado River as Western states miss a key deadline
Negotiators for seven states say they're making progress in negotiations aimed at addressing the Colorado River's chronic water shortages. But they missed an initial deadline.
www.latimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The clock is ticking on the shrinking Colorado River as Western states miss a key deadline
"There’s no agreement yet, but time marches on, and conditions on the river continue to be problematic — more problematic over time as those reservoirs decline.” www.latimes.com/environment/...
"There’s no agreement yet, but time marches on, and conditions on the river continue to be problematic — more problematic over time as those reservoirs decline.” www.latimes.com/environment/...
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Arizona governor urges feds to protect Colorado River users as states struggle to finish water plan
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
Hobbs urges feds to protect Colorado River users as states struggle to finish water plan
As it became clear the seven Colorado River states still had no shortage-sharing agreement, Gov. Katie Hobbs urged feds to act.
www.azcentral.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Arizona governor urges feds to protect Colorado River users as states struggle to finish water plan
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
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I've never published anything so close to my heart. Hope ya love it.
A heavy music festival in Blackfeet Nation this summer was abut more than just music – it was a protective ceremony to shelter Indigenous youth from suicidal distress.
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Heavy metal is healing teens on the Blackfeet Nation - High Country News
In response to youth suicides, teachers show students the power of headbanging at Fire in the Mountains festival.
www.hcn.org
November 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I've never published anything so close to my heart. Hope ya love it.
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At @insideclimatenews.org, we're keeping track of environmental lawsuits involving the Trump administration thanks to great work by my colleagues @peteraldhous.com and @mlavelle.bsky.social. Keep this one handy: insideclimatenews.org/news/0411202...
November 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
At @insideclimatenews.org, we're keeping track of environmental lawsuits involving the Trump administration thanks to great work by my colleagues @peteraldhous.com and @mlavelle.bsky.social. Keep this one handy: insideclimatenews.org/news/0411202...
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NEW from @insideclimatenews.org:
Trump 2.0 Environmental Case Scorecard
An updating tracker of federal lawsuits involving the Trump administration
insideclimatenews.org/news/0411202...
Trump 2.0 Environmental Case Scorecard
An updating tracker of federal lawsuits involving the Trump administration
insideclimatenews.org/news/0411202...
November 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
NEW from @insideclimatenews.org:
Trump 2.0 Environmental Case Scorecard
An updating tracker of federal lawsuits involving the Trump administration
insideclimatenews.org/news/0411202...
Trump 2.0 Environmental Case Scorecard
An updating tracker of federal lawsuits involving the Trump administration
insideclimatenews.org/news/0411202...
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Today, Inside Climate News published our first piece in an investigative series on Alabama Power called "Wired for Profit." Take a moment to read and share. insideclimatenews.org/news/0311202...
November 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Today, Inside Climate News published our first piece in an investigative series on Alabama Power called "Wired for Profit." Take a moment to read and share. insideclimatenews.org/news/0311202...
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This technology has tremendous potential in the West. Dan does a deep dive into the hurdles (cow's are bulky and run into things) and benefits (healthier grasses with less water) that a few intrepid scientists and ranchers are navigating. Give it a read!
Can solar work on the same land as cattle grazing? I got an exclusive look at how @siliconranch.bsky.social intends to make this work:
insideclimatenews.org/news/0211202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/0211202...
Can Cows and Solar Power Coexist? We’re About to Find Out - Inside Climate News
Solar companies have figured out how to mix sheep grazing and power production. This company is about to make a push to do it with cows, with huge growth potential.
insideclimatenews.org
November 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This technology has tremendous potential in the West. Dan does a deep dive into the hurdles (cow's are bulky and run into things) and benefits (healthier grasses with less water) that a few intrepid scientists and ranchers are navigating. Give it a read!
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This deep look at the consumer unfriendly actions of Alabama Power is very much worth your time. Great work from my colleagues @dennispillion.bsky.social and @leehedgepeth.bsky.social:
insideclimatenews.org/news/0311202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/0311202...
How Alabama Power Kept Bills Up and Opposition Out to Become One of the Most Powerful Utilities in the Country - Inside Climate News
In one of the poorest states in America, the local utility earns massive profits producing dirty energy with almost no pushback from state regulators.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
This deep look at the consumer unfriendly actions of Alabama Power is very much worth your time. Great work from my colleagues @dennispillion.bsky.social and @leehedgepeth.bsky.social:
insideclimatenews.org/news/0311202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/0311202...
Nuclear is on the verge of a comeback.
But where will the uranium to power new reactors come from?
@jakebolster.bsky.social, @dylanbaddour.bsky.social and I dive into the resurgence of uranium mining and the impacts it will have on communities.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0211202...
But where will the uranium to power new reactors come from?
@jakebolster.bsky.social, @dylanbaddour.bsky.social and I dive into the resurgence of uranium mining and the impacts it will have on communities.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0211202...
Western States Brace for a Uranium Boom as the Nation Looks to Recharge its Nuclear Power Industry - Inside Climate News
After years of federal efforts to revive nuclear power, old mines are stirring again in Wyoming, Texas and Arizona, while new ones line up for permitting expedited by a Trump executive order.
insideclimatenews.org
November 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Nuclear is on the verge of a comeback.
But where will the uranium to power new reactors come from?
@jakebolster.bsky.social, @dylanbaddour.bsky.social and I dive into the resurgence of uranium mining and the impacts it will have on communities.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0211202...
But where will the uranium to power new reactors come from?
@jakebolster.bsky.social, @dylanbaddour.bsky.social and I dive into the resurgence of uranium mining and the impacts it will have on communities.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0211202...
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When uranium prices go up, uranium mines spread out. As the U.S. seeks to revive its nuclear energy supply chain, @wyattmyskow.bsky.social, @dylanbaddour.bsky.social, and I dug into what this may mean for Western communities and landscapes home to U.S. uranium. insideclimatenews.org/news/0211202...
Western States Brace for a Uranium Boom as the Nation Looks to Recharge its Nuclear Power Industry - Inside Climate News
After years of federal efforts to revive nuclear power, old mines are stirring again in Wyoming, Texas and Arizona, while new ones line up for permitting expedited by a Trump executive order.
insideclimatenews.org
November 3, 2025 at 3:32 PM
When uranium prices go up, uranium mines spread out. As the U.S. seeks to revive its nuclear energy supply chain, @wyattmyskow.bsky.social, @dylanbaddour.bsky.social, and I dug into what this may mean for Western communities and landscapes home to U.S. uranium. insideclimatenews.org/news/0211202...
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Grateful to Peter for his stellar data analysis work, which produced maps letting people see how many lbs. of two highly toxic pesticides, including the carcinogen 1,3-D, growers applied near their kids' schools. It's an invaluable public service CA regulators should have been providing all along.
Pleased to pick up an @spj-norcal.bsky.social award with @lizagross.bsky.social for investigative reporting!
spjnorcal.org/2025/10/30/s...
For this @insideclimatenews.org series:
Captured: How pesticide regulators place industry profits above public health
insideclimatenews.org/project/capt...
spjnorcal.org/2025/10/30/s...
For this @insideclimatenews.org series:
Captured: How pesticide regulators place industry profits above public health
insideclimatenews.org/project/capt...
Captured - Inside Climate News
insideclimatenews.org
October 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Grateful to Peter for his stellar data analysis work, which produced maps letting people see how many lbs. of two highly toxic pesticides, including the carcinogen 1,3-D, growers applied near their kids' schools. It's an invaluable public service CA regulators should have been providing all along.
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TIL the National Environmental Policy Act is the only thing preventing Donald Trump from dropping nuclear weapons all over the American West.
Good news everyone.
We have the EIS process to come to the rescue here, since I'm not joking, nuclear testing in the 70s and on was required to proceed an Environmental Impact Statement...
www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0331/...
We have the EIS process to come to the rescue here, since I'm not joking, nuclear testing in the 70s and on was required to proceed an Environmental Impact Statement...
www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0331/...
October 30, 2025 at 2:22 AM
TIL the National Environmental Policy Act is the only thing preventing Donald Trump from dropping nuclear weapons all over the American West.
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My colleague @kileyprice.bsky.social writes a weekly newsletter about the latest on climate events.
This one was about houses collapsing on Hatteras Island, where I was last week for a few fay days off.
More homes have fallen today.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2810202...
This one was about houses collapsing on Hatteras Island, where I was last week for a few fay days off.
More homes have fallen today.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2810202...
In the Outer Banks, 12 Homes Have Collapsed Into the Sea Since September - Inside Climate News
A growing number of homes are getting swallowed by the sea in the Outer Banks islands of North Carolina. Local governments and homeowners are at a crossroads.
insideclimatenews.org
October 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
My colleague @kileyprice.bsky.social writes a weekly newsletter about the latest on climate events.
This one was about houses collapsing on Hatteras Island, where I was last week for a few fay days off.
More homes have fallen today.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2810202...
This one was about houses collapsing on Hatteras Island, where I was last week for a few fay days off.
More homes have fallen today.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2810202...
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I'm riding my mountain bike on the 850-mile Arizona Trail this fall to see and write about #climate impacts along the way. We're publishing weekly dispatches from the trail in The Arizona Republic | @azcentral.com as I go.
The first one just dropped:
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
The first one just dropped:
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
October 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I'm riding my mountain bike on the 850-mile Arizona Trail this fall to see and write about #climate impacts along the way. We're publishing weekly dispatches from the trail in The Arizona Republic | @azcentral.com as I go.
The first one just dropped:
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
The first one just dropped:
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
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When the Trump administration recently cut certain grants to minority-serving institutions, millions of dollars earmarked for student support at 10 Arizona schools disappeared—forcing some to end student support programs and reduce staff, via AZCIR’s @molboha.bsky.social azcir.org/news/2025/10...
Arizona colleges face ‘devastating impact’ after Trump slashes grant funds to minority-serving institutions
Ten community colleges and universities in Arizona will lose at least $13.8 million after President Donald Trump's administration cut discretionary funding to minority-serving institutions.
azcir.org
October 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
When the Trump administration recently cut certain grants to minority-serving institutions, millions of dollars earmarked for student support at 10 Arizona schools disappeared—forcing some to end student support programs and reduce staff, via AZCIR’s @molboha.bsky.social azcir.org/news/2025/10...
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This is part of the series Planet China, which is very much worth your time: insideclimatenews.org/project/plan...
@katiesurma.bsky.social @georginagustin.bsky.social @nkus.bsky.social
@katiesurma.bsky.social @georginagustin.bsky.social @nkus.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This is part of the series Planet China, which is very much worth your time: insideclimatenews.org/project/plan...
@katiesurma.bsky.social @georginagustin.bsky.social @nkus.bsky.social
@katiesurma.bsky.social @georginagustin.bsky.social @nkus.bsky.social
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Wyoming gave a preview of a water a pilot conservation program in the Green River basin Wednesday as Colorado River negotiations barrel forward. It's a good start, but work remains, observers said. insideclimatenews.org/news/1710202...
Wyoming’s Draft Pilot Conservation Program ‘A Good Starting Point’ but There’s Room For Improvement - Inside Climate News
State water officials heard public feedback on its proposed water conservation program as Wyoming prepares for the fallout of Colorado River negotiations.
insideclimatenews.org
October 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Wyoming gave a preview of a water a pilot conservation program in the Green River basin Wednesday as Colorado River negotiations barrel forward. It's a good start, but work remains, observers said. insideclimatenews.org/news/1710202...
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Good piece by @wyattmyskow.bsky.social on how Trump's efforts to kill the "roadless rule" could harm Southern California wilderness: insideclimatenews.org/news/0310202...
Proposal to Undo Roadless Rule Would Open Some of Southern California’s Last Wild Forests to Development - Inside Climate News
The Trump administration claims opening protected areas like Cleveland National Forest to road building will aid the timber industry and reduce wildfires. Opponents see a giveaway that will lead to mo...
insideclimatenews.org
October 13, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Good piece by @wyattmyskow.bsky.social on how Trump's efforts to kill the "roadless rule" could harm Southern California wilderness: insideclimatenews.org/news/0310202...
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The Esmeralda seven solar project IMO was kind of a shit show. 100 square miles of public lands with rare plants, to be disc and rolled.. they had no water or water rights for dust control. No water in Nevada, no solar. No substation, no offtaker (even w/NVEnergy proposed transmission line nearby).
October 10, 2025 at 4:30 AM
The Esmeralda seven solar project IMO was kind of a shit show. 100 square miles of public lands with rare plants, to be disc and rolled.. they had no water or water rights for dust control. No water in Nevada, no solar. No substation, no offtaker (even w/NVEnergy proposed transmission line nearby).
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Well, folks, personal news: After 7 years, today is my last day with @latimes.com.
It's been a privilege working with some of the world's best journalists at my hometown paper. Thank you to everyone who's read and supported my work.
I'm not done telling climate stories. More news to come.
It's been a privilege working with some of the world's best journalists at my hometown paper. Thank you to everyone who's read and supported my work.
I'm not done telling climate stories. More news to come.
October 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Well, folks, personal news: After 7 years, today is my last day with @latimes.com.
It's been a privilege working with some of the world's best journalists at my hometown paper. Thank you to everyone who's read and supported my work.
I'm not done telling climate stories. More news to come.
It's been a privilege working with some of the world's best journalists at my hometown paper. Thank you to everyone who's read and supported my work.
I'm not done telling climate stories. More news to come.
On the Colorado River, there is no more water.
That's the warning from a coalition of environmental groups urging for action and transparency regarding the river's future.
My latest:
insideclimatenews.org/news/0610202...
That's the warning from a coalition of environmental groups urging for action and transparency regarding the river's future.
My latest:
insideclimatenews.org/news/0610202...
As Colorado River Nears Collapse, It Faces Leadership, Transparency ‘Crisis,’ Environmentalists Warn - Inside Climate News
A new report from a coalition of environmental organizations offers recommendations on how to address the declining water supply in the river as negotiations over its future stall.
insideclimatenews.org
October 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
On the Colorado River, there is no more water.
That's the warning from a coalition of environmental groups urging for action and transparency regarding the river's future.
My latest:
insideclimatenews.org/news/0610202...
That's the warning from a coalition of environmental groups urging for action and transparency regarding the river's future.
My latest:
insideclimatenews.org/news/0610202...
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Hi everyone! 👋 I'm officially up and running at
@propublica.org covering election and voting issues, and expanding my sourcing nationally. Spread the word.
Reach out, say hi, introduce yourself, send tips:
jen.fifield@propublica.org
Cell: 480-476-0108
Signal: jenafifield.01
@propublica.org covering election and voting issues, and expanding my sourcing nationally. Spread the word.
Reach out, say hi, introduce yourself, send tips:
jen.fifield@propublica.org
Cell: 480-476-0108
Signal: jenafifield.01
October 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Hi everyone! 👋 I'm officially up and running at
@propublica.org covering election and voting issues, and expanding my sourcing nationally. Spread the word.
Reach out, say hi, introduce yourself, send tips:
jen.fifield@propublica.org
Cell: 480-476-0108
Signal: jenafifield.01
@propublica.org covering election and voting issues, and expanding my sourcing nationally. Spread the word.
Reach out, say hi, introduce yourself, send tips:
jen.fifield@propublica.org
Cell: 480-476-0108
Signal: jenafifield.01