2 Degrees Out West

How to Protect Watersheds

Catastrophic wildfires have been one of the main headlines of the summer.  Every year millions of dollars are spent fighting wildfires in the West. Across our region, fr

Bonus Podcast: What is the Plan for the Colorado River?

It’s hard not to be aware of the drought in the west this summer.   If you've been following along, you probably know that the Colorado River is in a lot of trouble

How We Can Make Driving Safer for Humans and Wildlife

This podcast is available in a video format. Find that here: Cars have gotten safer in the last 50 years. Auto manufacturers and government regulators have spent a lot o

What You're Getting Wrong About Wildfire

If you live in the West, you've experienced the impacts of wildfire. In the last few decades, as the effects of climate change, unhealthy forests, and a drier west m

Running Up For Air – Why These Runners Ran Until They Couldn’t

Running Up For Air – Why These Runners Ran Until They Couldn’t In the West, we are on the front lines of air pollution. Major western cities like Denver, Phoenix, Salt L

WRA Mini Pod: Debunking Clean Coal

Clean Energy Expert Debunks Clean Coal In a legally dubious 202c order, the federal government forced the broken, dirty, and unreliable coal power plant to stay open pas

WRA Mini Pod: Trump Administration Forces Colorado Coal Power Plant to Stay Open

Just two days before the new year residents of Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Wyoming woke up to an unpleasant surprise.  The Craig One power station in Northwest C

Nevada is in Crisis. Here’s How it Can Get Back on Track.

Nevada is in crisis.  Rising utility bills have - in the most extreme cases - climbed to over $1,000 a month. Meanwhile, the state is losing ground on emissions reductio

WRA Mini Pod: A Win in Arizona

While the recent rollbacks of national climate policy and backtracking of hard-fought wins are especially concerning - they aren't the whole story. there is another

What is the Climate Cost of AI?

In the last two years, artificial intelligence has rapidly changed the world that we live in.  If you spend time online, you’ve seen it incorporated into almost every asp

WRA Mini Pod: Water Meters for the White Mountain Apache Tribe

The impacts of climate change are becoming harder and harder to ignore. Many communities in the interior West are on the front lines of dealing with these impacts.   The

State Level Climate Action in 2025

Mere hours after Inauguration Day, the new administration began slashing hard-fought environmental wins: rolling back protections from fossil-fuel development, withdrawin

WRA Mini Pod: What's Happening on the Colorado River?

In 2022, the water levels in Lake Powell dropped so low that experts worried the Colorado River wouldn't be able to flow past Glen Canyon dam. This situation is call

Utah and New Mexico 2025 Legislative Recap

Each year WRA works hard to advance our climate goals on the state level.   In an increasingly uncertain federal environment, state level action is the key to seeing rea

The Power of Energy Planning: IRPs in the West

In the West, we want a future where we're no longer dependent on coal and methane to meet energy demands. We want to see more clean energy adopted and we want to kee

WRA Mini Pod: EV Battery Recycling

If you're listening to this podcast, I'm willing to bet you are looking for solutions to climate change and pollution in the West.  You probably already recycl

Why We Need Outdoor Equity Programs

Colorado has some of the best access to beautiful landscapes of any of the states in the West.  It's home to four National Parks, nine National Monuments, 44 Wilder

Colorado River Stories With Kevin Fedarko

The Colorado River is at the center of our region.   This has been true for as long as people have called the West home.  The River Basin has been home to Tribal Nation

Building Climate Resilience with the EPA: How Federal Funding Helps Our Climate

Today on 2 Degrees Out West we'll be learning what federal funding is available to address climate change, how it's distributed, how WRA has helped our region O

What is Happening at the Arizona Corporation Commission?

Of all the states in our region, Arizona is particularly affected by climate change. It's hotter and drier than ever. Arizona is at the center of a battle when it co