Showdown in the desert: the small town fending off a new California gold rush by Griffin Jones, published in The Guardian, 18 June, 2026 A prospecting company’s search for gold has the town of Lone Pine and Indigenous leaders on edge, as the Trump administration greenlights new projects across the American west. Lone Pine, population 1,882, lies along a stretch

Irresponsible’: backlash as Utah approves datacenter twice the size of Manhattan by Oliver Milman, published in The Guardian, Wed 13 May 2026 13.30 CEST The article reports on public opposition in Utah after Box Elder County commissioners approved the Stratos AI datacenter project. The planned facility would cover more than 40,000 acres across three sites and require about 9GW of power, more

Photo by Teena Pugliese Relationship Building WalksReport: March 2026 Intro In late March, we held the ‘Coalition Building’ walks planned for September 2025 that had to be canceled due to intense wildfire smoke. We walked with 35 people from organizations in Los Angeles and Payahuunadü that are at the frontline of water protection work. The purpose was to deepen those relationships among

L.A. is ripping up 1,600 acres of pavement — but is it too little, too late? Read the article here In a Jan. 28, 2026 guest commentary for the Los Angeles Times, urban planner Devon Provo explores Los Angeles County’s ambitious plan to remove and replace 1,600 acres of pavement with green infrastructure by 2045. Provo argues that while pavement once solved

Art work by Kate Morales Easing into 2026 Dear Friends, For many of us, here in California and around the world, our solstice season was spent navigating the very wild and sometimes destructive power of water. We saw excessive rain and massive flooding in many places. And also temporary wetlands where so much life emerges. This world seems to be changing