High Country News

(Un)clearing the air

George Bush’s BLM will leave a legacy of air pollution in oil and gas producing states, especially Utah.

by Keith Kloor, Dec 22, 2008
A battle for the land -- and soul -- of the West

The American West at Risk presents a familiar litany of Western land-use problems, but also offers suggestions for how to solve them.

by Chuck Hulin, Feb 17, 2009
Audio: The joy of CX

Assistant editor Sarah Gilman explains why we should care about categorical exclusions.

by Marty Durlin, Nov 04, 2009
Beyond ozone

Researchers attempt to tease out the health effects of emissions from oil and gas drilling.

by Cally Carswell, Sep 02, 2012
Cracking the ozone code in Utah's gas fields

Can gas drilling and clean air co-exist?

by Cally Carswell, Sep 10, 2012
Decades of drilling

A graphic shows how Western states stack up against Texas and the Eastern U.S. when it comes to oil and gas drilling.

by Cally Carswell, Jan 23, 2011
Drilling done right?

Ted Turner's Northern New Mexican Vermejo Park Ranch is a showcase for "responsible" gas development, but critics fear the neighboring Valle Vidal won’t get the same five-star treatment.

by April Reese, Jul 19, 2004
Drilling the Democrats

Jonathan Thompson says that Barack Obama -- caught between the threat of global warming and demands for energy independence -- is unlikely to end drilling in the West.

by Jonathan Thompson, Jan 16, 2009
Dust on the rocks

The results of a scientific study on the effects of dust on rock art are somehow “lost” in the haze of Barrett Corporation’s drilling in Utah’s Nine Mile Canyon.

by Keith Kloor, Aug 29, 2008
Gas drilling has blighted my life

We need energy -- but not at the cost of clean water

by Louis Meeks, Oct 12, 2010