Jessica Kutz, The Guardian

Jessica Kutz

The Guardian

Telluride, CO, United States

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Recent:
  • Unknown
Past:
  • The Guardian
  • Grist
  • High Country News

Past articles by Jessica:

In Arizona, legal confusion halts abortion services at Planned Parenthoods

Arizona’s largest abortion provider feels it’s too dangerous to continue with procedures after the supreme court decision, with state laws unclear → Read More

How to cool one of the fastest-warming cities in the West

In Phoenix, a new heat office hopes to prevent more people from dying of extreme heat. → Read More

How to cool one of the fastest-warming cities in the West — High Country News – Know the West

In Phoenix, a new heat office hopes to prevent more people from dying of extreme heat. → Read More

EPA announces $630 million plan to stem cross-border sewage flows — High Country News – Know the West

Once approved, these infrastructure projects will treat contaminated water before it’s released into the ocean. → Read More

What unions at green groups hope to gain (Growing pains) — High Country News – Know the West

‘We have to stand up against the exploitation of us.’ → Read More

Visualizing the aquifers that straddle the U.S.-Mexico border — High Country News – Know the West

For the first time, scientists have mapped out the groundwater the two countries share. → Read More

Afghan refugees find a home in the West — High Country News – Know the West

A resettlement agency in Twin Falls, Idaho, prepares for newcomers. → Read More

Could collective ownership of housing and land help solve the housing crisis? — High Country News – Know the West

Communities are turning to land trusts and real estate cooperatives as possible solutions. → Read More

9 numbers that explain the BLM’s headquarters boomerang back to D.C. — High Country News – Know the West

A look at what happened to the reorganization of the agency under the Trump administration. → Read More

How Texas’ restrictive abortion law puts pressure on clinics in Western states — High Country News – Know the West

Patients are turning to places like New Mexico and Colorado for care. → Read More

How Texas’ new law restricting abortion puts pressure on Western states — High Country News – Know the West

Patients are turning to places like New Mexico and Colorado for care. → Read More

A monsoon summer in the Southwest — High Country News – Know the West

How residents across the region are engaging with the yearly weather phenomenon. → Read More

11 numbers that explain Washington’s ‘murder hornet’ problem — High Country News – Know the West

A nest found last week was home to approximately 1,500 hornets. → Read More

Tree DNA thwarts black market lumber (Tree DNA true crime) — High Country News – Know the West

How the genetic code of flora helped catch timber thieves. → Read More

The fight over a 5,000-year-old burial site in California — High Country News – Know the West

How a state law to expedite affordable housing erased a tribe’s right to consultation. → Read More

Could backyard cottages and casitas help prevent displacement in the West’s cities? — High Country News – Know the West

As the housing crisis worsens, advocates sound off on how to bring homes to the people. → Read More

Oil and gas behemoth ExxonMobil shaken by shareholders (Shareholder revolt) — High Country News – Know the West

Three new directors appointed to company’s board could steer a transition to renewables. → Read More

A hallucinogenic toad in peril — High Country News – Know the West

How a Sonoran Desert species got caught up in the commodification of spiritual awakening. → Read More

The essential — and dangerous — work prisoners do — High Country News – Know the West

Incarcerated people respond to pandemics, wildfires, avian flu outbreaks, mudslides and more. → Read More

Albuquerque’s ‘urban wildlife refuge’: much-needed green space or green gentrification?

An urban wildlife refuge is meant to alleviate generations of environmental racism that has beset the historic neighborhood of Mountain View. That’s assuming it can meet the community’s needs → Read More