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The Doc is in
Rural folks find common ground at a vet's office in Western Colorado.
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Victory came from the bottom up
A vast army of determined volunteers were the force behind Obama’s success in Colorado.
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Slideshow: The unflappable Doc Vincent
In rural western Colorado, a vet tends to pets and their humans. Michelle Nijhuis reads her essay, along with slides by JT Thomas.
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Conscientious objectors 65 years ago
Paying homage to those imprisoned at Mancos Camp, Colo., during World War II.
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Burning issues
Controversial forestry scientist Tom Bonnicksen believes increased logging is necessary to fight global warming.
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Still Howling Wolf
Ranchers and environmentalists in Wyoming are still squabbling over wolves as the animal bounces on and off the endangered species list.
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Liquid assets
California is enthusiastic about creating “water banks” to help the state’s cities weather future droughts.
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Field Day
In some Western states, including Colorado, prison inmates are taking the place of immigrant farmworkers.
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Category: Climate & Pollution
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Who’ll clean up when the party’s over?
by April Reese Nov 11, 2008 12:30 AMThere are efforts to reclaim oil and gas drilling sites, but many fear it’s too little, too late.
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Passing gas
by Jodi Peterson Nov 05, 2008 06:20 AMWestern states are struggling to figure out how to capture the methane emissions from coal mines.
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Think again before going nuclear
by Russ Doty Oct 29, 2008 07:30 AMRuss Doty worries that neither presidential candidate is wary enough about nuclear power and radioactive waste disposal.
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Forget Wall Street, focus on the real issues
by Jonathan Thompson Oct 13, 2008 09:18 AMThe urgency of the politicians' response to our economic troubles contrasts with the way we’re ignoring the greater crisis of climate change.
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Acidifying oceans
by J. Madeleine Nash Oct 13, 2008 09:08 AMPaleo-oceanographer James Zachos points to evidence of the last time climate change acidified the oceans, some 55 million years ago.
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Back to the future
by J. MADELEINE NASH Oct 13, 2008 09:01 AMA long time ago, the earth warmed considerably; now, scientists study fossils to find out what happened – and what it might mean for us today.
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"1,000 messy facts"
by Rich Prodgers Oct 07, 2008 04:20 PM -
All along the watchtower
by Eric Wagner Sep 02, 2008 12:40 PMAndrew McNair, who works weekends at a computer in Olympia, Wash., is not your typical Western fire watcher.
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We thought we were safe
by Gordon Gregory Jul 10, 2008 12:00 PMCalifornia fire victim barely escapes
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Shifting sands in Navajoland
by Michelle Nijhuis Jun 23, 2008 12:00 PMOn the drought-stricken Navajo Nation, scientist Margaret Hiza Redsteer studies the movement of sand dunes.
