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  • Letters

    A frackin' mess

  • Writers on the Range Old friends are melting away

    Old friends are melting away

    The author met a mile-long glacier two decades ago. Now, it's dying.

  • Writers on the Range Climate change threatens our livelihoods -- and yours

    Climate change threatens our livelihoods -- and yours

    The CEOs of two outdoor-recreation-based companies favor strong legislation to stave off climate change, not just to save the planet but to help the economy.

  • Multimedia Parks Climate Challenge: North Cascades 2009

    Parks Climate Challenge: North Cascades 2009

    Nineteen high school students traveled to Washington's North Cascades this summer to witness and learn about climate change.

  • Writers on the Range We can help bees by cleaning up our act

    We can help bees by cleaning up our act

    Pesticides, long road trips and junk food are hard on honeybees as well as humans.

  • Letters

    More children, more carbon

  • Writers on the Range Green gearheads? Rev it up!

    Green gearheads? Rev it up!

    The Wilderness Society should sponsor off-road driving teams to reach out to that culture.

  • Book Reviews

    Western water in the age of climate change

    In Dead Pool: Lake Powell, Global Warming, and the Future of Water in the West, James Lawrence Powell examines the impact of climate change on the West’s future.

  • Writers on the Range Garbage grows well on the border

    Garbage grows well on the border

    The many thousands of illegal immigrants who pass through Arizona border towns are leaving tons of litter in their wake.

  • Writers on the Range A poisoned Montana town gets its shot at justice

    A poisoned Montana town gets its shot at justice

    The W.R. Grace executives whose company poisoned Libby, Mont., with asbestos from a vermiculite mine finally meet their victims face-to-face in a Montana courtroom.

  • Writers on the Range It's time to give up a stupid habit

    It's time to give up a stupid habit

    Junk mail and bulky newspaper ads constitute one of the most wasteful, irritating things on the entire planet.

  • Letters

    The half-life curse

  • Letters

    Collateral damage

  • Letters

    Remembering Rocky Flats

  • Writers on the Range Time to cowboy up

    Time to cowboy up

    A carbon tax is the fairest way to tackle climate change, despite its political challenges and risks.

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