Interior's Own Math Says This Rule Could Costs Us $331 Million a Year.

The Office of Natural Resource Revenue's own analysis gives us the $331 loss, but what's buried deeper in this proposed rule points to something more…

Aug 6 • Michael Khamis

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July 2026

Does this make your comments meaningless?

Spoiler: No. But the One Big Beautiful Bill Act took the BLM's power to pull a bad parcel from an oil and gas lease sale. The comment box is still open…

Jul 31 • Michael Khamis

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They Didn't Change the Law. They Changed the Editor.

No vote, no hearing. Just different numbers in a government report, and everything downstream inherits them.

Jul 16 • Michael Khamis

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June 2026

Geothermal, Honestly: A Field Guide to the Cleanest Power You’re Not Watching

New Mexico just leased 152,000 acres of it. Here’s what that actually does to the land, and what it doesn’t.

Jun 23 • Michael Khamis

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In a Drought, Who Gets the Last Gallon?

AI promises to watch over the wild. Its hardware is drinking the watershed.

Jun 7 • Michael Khamis

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May 2026

The "energy" word problem

A 101 crash course on “energy prices are surging.” Three different markets. One word. Total confusion. That’s the point.

May 24 • Michael Khamis

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Solar Panels on Farmland: The Honest Case for Agrivoltaics

Growing food and generating electricity on the same piece of land sounds almost too good to be true. Sometimes it is. Here's what the science actually…

May 21 • Michael Khamis

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Every Kid Needs a "Forest"

Running, redwoods, and the "forest" behind my childhood house.

May 10 • Michael Khamis

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Pulse of the Land | The Lights Are Dimming

Decisions made quietly in Washington this week will shape what's left of our wild places for the next generation.

May 4 • Michael Khamis

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April 2026

The 84% Loophole

84% of Montanans say no to the sell-off. That’s the loud fight. The quiet one is where we need to focus.

Apr 27 • Michael Khamis

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Pulse of the Land | Public Land, Private Gain

Decisions made quietly in Washington this week will shape what's left of our wild places for the next generation.

Apr 13 • Michael Khamis

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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 could change the American West forever. If we let it.

Apr 7 • Michael Khamis

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