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  • Bush hits the brakes

    Right after taking office, Pres. Bush put a freeze on Clinton's last new regulations -- the USFS's roadless plan, Mexican owl critical habitat, and other environmental rules -- giving the new administration time to review and maybe overturn them.

  • The power of love, and its opposite

    Activists should be worried because President George W. Bush is surrounded by people who scorn and disdain environmentalism.

  • Bush undermines bedrock environmental law

    The Bush administration says the National Environmental Policy Act needs to be "streamlined," but conservationists say the act is in danger of being "steamrolled."

  • Fenced out of Bush's gated empire

    An anti-war demonstration in Flagstaff, Ariz., leads the writer to consider that our leaders are becoming more and more removed from the people, living and governing in isolation behind high and fortified walls.

  • Wyoming at a crossroads

    Wyoming’s new governor, Democrat Dave Freudenthal, may have a chance to turn the stagnant state around economically and environmentally, by reducing its dependence on energy and mineral industries.

  • Heard Around the West

    A digest of news reports on militias and the reaction to them in the West in the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing.

  • Baca is back

    Jim Baca hopes to become New Mexico governor.

  • New Santa Fe mayor says: "This town is not for sale'

    Debbie Jaramillo elected Santa Fe's new mayor on promise to rein in development.

  • Wallop bows out

    Wyoming Sen. Malcolm Wallop won't run for re-election.

  • Glitz and growth take a major hit in Santa Fe

    Newly elected Santa Fe Mayor Debbie Jaramillo promises progressive, populist changes.

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