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  • 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
  • BLM plans for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska

    BLM plans for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska

    A controversial proposal for the nation’s biggest chunk of public land aims to allow energy development -- and protect wildlife.

    by Jodi Peterson, Dec 24, 2012

  • Dear friends

    Luther Propst joins HCN board; visitors; HCN wins awards; clarifications and corrections

    by Jodi Peterson, Oct 31, 2005

  • Follow-up

    Superfund runs out of money; Sen. Pete Dominici reneges on promise to not drill in ANWR; Kwicksutaineuk Tribe in British Columbia sues corporate fish farms; whistleblower Kevin Gambrell fired from Farmington, N.M., Indian Minerals Office; company wants to

    by Laura Paskus, Oct 13, 2003

  • Heard Around the West

    Trouble at Burning Man; take your prostate to the County Fair; spotted knapweed kills its rivals; what happens to "liberated" mink; what to do when a bear attacks you; exploding pigs; "scratch ‘n’ sniff" for city folks

    by Betsy Marston, Sep 29, 2003

  • Like Paul on the road to Damascus

    An encounter with Alaska’s Gwich’in people years ago convinced the writer to give up his truck and take personal responsibility for the environmental and cultural destruction caused by consumerism

    by John Wahl, Sep 01, 2003
  • We cannot drill our way out of this mess: A review of Arctic Voices

    We cannot drill our way out of this mess: A review of Arctic Voices

    In Arctic Voices: Resistance at the Tipping Point, renowned photographer Subhankar Banerjee hears from 39 writers, biologists, activists and Native Americans about the need to save the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

    by Michael Engelhard, Aug 05, 2012

  • Why should the Arctic Refuge matter to the ski industry?

    If the United States doesn’t come up with an intelligent energy strategy, global warming could spell the end of the ski industry

    by Pat O'Donnell, May 16, 2005

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