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William deBuys

William deBuys is the author of eight books, the most recent of which is The Last Unicorn: A Search for One of Earth’s Rarest Creatures. He has written extensively on water, drought and climate in the West, including A Great Aridness: Climate Change and the Future of the American Southwest. Based in New Mexico, he has managed ranches and devised cooperative grazing programs involving both ranchers and government land managers.

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Dec 10, 2017
Latest from William deBuys
Fisher Industries workers drop pieces of wall into place on May 24, 2019, in Sunland Park, New Mexico, near International Boundary Monument No. 1 where New Mexico, Texas and Mexico come together.
Op-Ed
Immigration

Trump Has Suspended Nearly 50 Laws to Build the Wall

Laws protecting lands, wildlife and the public interest have been cast aside.
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William deBuys,
TomDispatch
January 16, 2020
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News Analysis

New From Trump University: Election Rigging 101

In truth, our electoral process is broken.
by
William deBuys,
TomDispatch
January 19, 2017
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Op-Ed

Privatizing Public Land: How the Raid on Malheur Concealed a Future Raid on the Commons

Behind the latest right-wingers of the American West lie corporate interests that might someday take part in one of the great land grabs of modern times.
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William deBuys,
TomDispatch
May 17, 2016
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Op-Ed
Environment & Health

As Both Climate Victim and Responder, California Leads the Way

As California is showing, adaptation will soften some of the blows of climate-related impacts.
by
William deBuys,
TomDispatch
August 17, 2015
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News Analysis
Environment & Health

An Introduction to the Most Beautiful Animal You’ll Never See

Uncounted species are being pressed to the brink.
by
William deBuys,
TomDispatch
March 16, 2015
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Op-Ed

The Wilderness Act Turns 50: Celebrating the Great Laws of 1964

The Wilderness Act accomplished something no other law ever attempted on such a scale.
by
William deBuys,
TomDispatch
September 29, 2014
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News Analysis

Never Again Enough: Field Notes from a Drying West

The crucial question for Phoenix, for the Colorado, and for the greater part of the American West is this: How long will the water hold out?
by
William deBuys,
TomDispatch
July 30, 2013
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News Analysis

Phoenix in the Climate Crosshairs: We Are Long Past Coal Mine Canaries

Phoenix stands squarely in the crosshairs of climate change.
by
William deBuys,
TomDispatch
March 14, 2013
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News Analysis

The Oxygen Planet Struts Its Stuff

Dire fire conditions, like the inferno of heat, turbulence, and fuel that recently turned 346 homes in Colorado Springs to ash, are now common in the West. A…
by
William deBuys,
TomDispatch
July 24, 2012
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News

The Age of Thirst in the American West

Consider it a taste of the future: the fire, smoke, drought, dust, and heat that have made life unpleasant, if not dangerous, from Louisiana to Los Angeles. New…
by
William deBuys,
TomDispatch
December 5, 2011
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