The West Has the Minerals America Needs. That's the Problem

China controls the refining. The 1872 Mining Law controls the land. The critical minerals crisis is about to change the American West forever. If we let…

Apr 7 • Michael Khamis

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March 2026

Pulse of the Land | Blind by Design

Gutting stream gauges, lifting mining caps, and the quiet work of making damage unprovable.

Mar 30 • Michael Khamis

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The Public Land with Private Eyes

The same federal lands being mined and drained to power AI are now being monitored by AI. No one is governing the loop.

Mar 28 • Michael Khamis

Solar Is Destroying Something Ancient - And Nobody's Talking About It

That crunching sound under your boots in the desert is hundreds of years of living biocrust soil, and we're crushing it for solar farms that could be…

Mar 16 • Michael Khamis

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What They Left in the Ground

On federal public lands, 16,000 abandoned oil and gas wells are leaking, and the people who drilled them are gone.

Mar 9 • Michael Khamis

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Field Note #1: Salt, Sand, and Inheritance

Our trip to Death Valley and Panamint Valley BLM

Mar 4 • Michael Khamis

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Pulse of the Land | The Man Who Would Sell Your Public Lands

They're not hiding what they're doing.

Mar 3 • Michael Khamis

February 2026

Pulse of the Land - 2/23/2026

Who Owns the Map? This Week on Public Lands, Minerals, and the People Redrawing the Lines.

Feb 23 • Michael Khamis

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Pulse of the Land - 2/10/2026

AI Wants More Power. This Week, the Arctic and Our Parks Were Put on the Menu.

Feb 11 • Michael Khamis

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January 2026

Grid Enhancing Technologies (GETs): More Megawatts, Same Wires, Less Land

Sensors, smarter routing, and the invisible upgrade that saves land.

Jan 31 • Michael Khamis

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Pulse of the Land - 1/27/2026

When Congress moves fast, the water still remembers.

Jan 27 • Michael Khamis

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Public Lands & Energy Tracker

Updated Weekly - Items Open for Comment | Leases Coming Online | Public Land Sales

Jan 22 • Michael Khamis

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