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  • A Hell of an Anniversary

    A Hell of an Anniversary

    High Country News' founder, Tom Bell, marks our 40th anniversary with a grim prediction: The West -- and the world -- are doomed.

    by Ray Ring, Aug 30, 2010

  • A long walk into hope

    Bill McKibben’s new book, Wandering Home, is a hopeful account of a leisurely hike across northeastern America, as relevant to the West as it is to the East

    by George Sibley, Oct 31, 2005

  • A timber town learns to care for the forest

    Lakeview, Ore., survived the drop in the timber economy by learning to take care of its forests

    by Greg Hanscom, Sep 27, 2004

  • An antidote to despair

    Chip Ward’s new book, Hope’s Horizon: Three Visions for Healing the American Land, takes a clear-eyed, optimistic look at the nation’s ecological problems

    by Jodi Peterson, Aug 02, 2004

  • Another near-death experience for environmentalism

    Environmental contrarians Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger jump back into the fray with a new book, Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility.

    by Brian Kevin, Oct 29, 2007

  • As Congress adjourns, the environment is left in limbo

    The energy bill is stalled for now as Congress wraps up its business for the year, but a lot of anti-environmental legislation has been passed in an end-of-season rush

    by Michelle Nijhuis and staff, Dec 08, 2003

  • Bucking the trends: Black Hills crusader Marvin Kammerer

    Black Hills rancher Marvin Kammerer helped form the Black Hills Alliance in South Dakota to work for social justice and the environment

    by Charles Ray, Sep 27, 2004

  • Climate Revolutionary

    Law professor Mary C. Wood wants to use “atmospheric trust litigation” to tackle global warming in the courts.

    by Carla A. Wise, May 12, 2008

  • Dear friends

    Dave Foreman on "Nature’s Crisis" and what HCN is doing wrong; kids these days; visitors; clarifications

    by Greg Hanscom, Apr 18, 2005

  • Doomster chorus

    A number of recent books warn of the deadly consequences of climate change.

    by Ray Ring, Sep 27, 2010
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