Climate & Pollution
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Writers on the Range
Spring
The writer welcomes the end of a claustrophobic winter outside of Boise, Idaho
by Laura Stavoe Harm, Mar 14, 2005 -
Writers on the Range
The secret of Wyoming winters is the snow-eating chinook
The writer explains what makes Wyoming winters different
by Bill Croke, Mar 07, 2005 -
Writers on the Range
Where did the Northwest’s moisture go?
The writer is used to anything but an unseasonably dry Northwest
by Aimee Brown, Feb 21, 2005 -
News
California's farmers ditch dirty diesel pumps
California’s two largest utility companies are encouraging farmers to switch from polluting diesel irrigation pumps to electric ones
by J.M. McCord, Feb 07, 2005 -
Writers on the Range
Global warming brings a clash of civilizations
The writers call global warming the one issue we can’t afford to duck
by Richard D. Lamm and Buie Seawell, Jan 31, 2005 -
Editor's Note
Who'll stop the rain?
January may have brought rain and snow to parts of the West, but the study of past climates warns us that we still have to learn to live with drought
by Paul Larmer, Jan 24, 2005 -
Book Reviews
State loopholes upset Clean Air Act
The Environmental Integrity Project has issued a new report on power plant emissions called Gaming the System: How the Off-the-Books Industrial Upset Emissions Cheat the Public Out of Clean Air
by Deanna Belch, Nov 22, 2004 -
News
Citizens wary of their nuclear neighbor
Sandia National Laboratories wants to monitor the nuclear waste in a Cold War-era landfill just outside Albuquerque, rather than excavate it or try to move it elsewhere
by Lissa James, Oct 11, 2004 -
Essays
When yesterday’s garbage becomes today’s collectible
A visit to Glass Beach in California leads to dumpster-diving on a grand scale, and offers a preview of future geologic strata
by Alan Kesselheim, Sep 27, 2004 -
Writers on the Range
When yesterday’s garbage becomes today’s collectibles
Alan Kesselheim visits Glass Beach in California, where garbage is being transmuted into collectibles.
by Alan Kesselheim, Sep 13, 2004 -
News
Of global warming and White House elephants
The Bush administration needs to start dealing with global climate change, and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger may help to point the way
by Jon Margolis, Jul 19, 2004 -
News
Mowing down pollution
California tackles air pollution caused by gas-guzzling power lawn mowers
by Zachary Smith, Jul 19, 2004 -
News
Wanted: Leak-proof dumps
Because arid Wyoming built landfills without liners, at least 21 of the state’s dumps are now leaking dangerous chemicals into groundwater
by Allison Fashek, Jul 19, 2004 -
Book Reviews
Perspectives on change — climate change
Charles Wohlforth looks at climate change in Alaska from two cultures’ viewpoints, when he talks to scientists and to the Inupiaq people in The Whale and the Supercomputer: On The Northern Front of Climate Change
by Michelle Nijhuis, Jun 21, 2004 -
News
A near-miss for California’s clean-air rules
California’s newest clean-air law, designed to deal with pollution from small engines, narrowly survives an attempt to shoot it down in the U.S. Congress
by Matt Jenkins, Dec 22, 2003






