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Plum over, for a forest development deal
(www.hcn.org)
At least one last-minute Bush rule change won't be happening, not because the administration thought better of it, but because the company involved decided to back off in the face of bad publicity.... More
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File Under Unintended Consequences
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Tamarisk, a feathery green Eurasian shrub with pink flowers, was brought to the West a century ago to control erosion. It quickly became a pest along desert rivers from California to Colorado, sucking... More
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On predators, ranchers and public land grazing
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Jim Eischeid’s letter to HCN in the November 24th edition pointed out the irony that “the large majority of those ranchers get sweet subsidized deals on the use of the public lands for grazing,... More
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California water conflicts heat up
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In a letter published in the November 24th edition, Jessica Hall urged HCN to “take a deeper look at water issues in California.” Around the same time there were several significant developments... More
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Look on the Bright Side
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We have the technology to generate electricity from renewable resources, but most of our machines, from blow driers to conveyor belts, continue to run on coal. That’s because it is easier to create... More
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Southern Utes discover a new kind of crude
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The Southern Utes mean business. Their investment company, the Southern Ute Growth Fund, manages more than $1 billion in assets, including a set of real estate development companies and an oil and gas... More
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Green Jobs Recharge Lives
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Editor's note: A Richmond, Calif. program is training a green collar workforce to do rooftop solar installations and other jobs in the burgeoning green economy. NAM editor Ngoc Nguyen reports.
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Anticlimax
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Over the past couple years, it’s looked like the region would see a resurgence in hardrock mining, thanks in large part to China’s booming economy. As recently as late summer, copper prices were... More
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Passing Gas
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Aspen, Colo., like many Western cities, is working hard to cut its greenhouse-gas emissions. The ski resort gets three-quarters of its electricity from renewable sources, provides free mass transit,... More
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The fine art of capturing methane
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Associate Editor Jodi Peterson discusses methane capture from the West's active and abandoned coal mines
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