Climate & Pollution
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News
Excremental gains?
Kern County, Calif., is trying to prevent Los Angeles sludge from entering the county, where it is used to fertilize farmland, and the resulting stink is raising all kinds of questions about how we handle human waste
by Matt Jenkins, Dec 25, 2006 -
Book Reviews
A whole lot of shaking
In his book A Crack in the Edge of the World, Simon Winchester takes a comprehensive look at the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and warns of the geological perils still facing the region
by Kirk Zebolsky, Nov 13, 2006 -
News
Trees — A different shade of green
Increasingly, Western cities are planting trees to save energy as well as provide beauty
by Fletcher Jacobs, Nov 13, 2006 -
Writers on the Range
Fire and the warming West
The writer says this summer's wildfires reflect the increasing impacts from drought and global climate change
by Paul VanDevelder, Sep 25, 2006 -
Writers on the Range
California steps up to lead the nation
The writer salutes California for taking action on global warming and says that the notion of Western "exceptionalism" is dead
by Matt Jenkins, Sep 04, 2006 -
Writers on the Range
The good news about garbage
The writer teaches herself a humbling chore — cleaning up other people's garbage
by Linda M. Hasselstrom, Jul 03, 2006 -
Book Reviews
Climate-change clues — in tropical glaciers
In Thin Ice: Unlocking the Secrets of Climate in the World’s Highest Mountain Ranges, mountain climber and physicist Mark Bowen follows researchers who are finding clues to climate change in high-altitude tropical glaciers
by John Krist, Jun 26, 2006 -
News
The wild, wild weather
Whatever the cause, the weather in the West this last year has been wild and wacky
by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, Jun 26, 2006 -
News
The hazy days of summer ... and winter, spring and fall
With the Interior West’s national parks facing an increase in haze and air pollution, Rocky Mountain National Park is working with government agencies to improve air quality
by Jonathan Thompson, Jun 26, 2006 -
News
Tribes look to cash in with 'tree-market' environmentalism
The Nez Perce Tribe is trying to combat global warming – and make a few bucks – by planting trees for carbon dioxide sequestration
by Joshua Zaffos, Jun 12, 2006 -
Essays
Dust and Snow
In Colorado’s San Juan Mountains, Tom Painter and other scientists study the dust in the snow and ponder its implications for future drought and weather conditions, especially in the era of global warming
by Michelle Nijhuis, May 29, 2006 -
Writers on the Range
A real rain is what happens in New Mexico
The writer grew up in New Mexico and misses the cataclysmic monsoons that characterize that dry land
by Margaret Foley, May 22, 2006 -
Writers on the Range
Raising Bella in springtime
The writer, a veterinarian, welcomes both spring and an irrepressible dog into his life
by Rob Cordery-Cotter, May 22, 2006 -
Book Reviews
A season of change
In Chasing Spring: An American Journey Through a Changing Season, nature writer Bruce Stutz follows spring from New York to Alaska, examining the surprising changes that global warming is bringing
by Ewen Callaway, May 01, 2006 -
Feature
Save Our Snow
Faced with rising temperatures and a passive federal government, Western towns such as Aspen, Colo., are beginning to work out a local approach to combating global warming
by Michelle Nijhuis, Mar 06, 2006






