Climate & Pollution
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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 -
Writers on the Range
The salting of the West – who cares?
Stephen Voynick says tons of salt are dumped on Western highways and no one seems to care
by Stephen Voynick, Dec 22, 2003 -
Writers on the Range
The biggest environmental issue is staring us in the face
Tom Bell says we’d better connect the dots that reveal global warming.
by Tom Bell, Nov 17, 2003 -
News
West Coast states tackle global warming
Outgoing California Gov. Gray Davis is working with Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski and Washington Gov. Gary Locke on a regionwide plan for slowing greenhouse gas emissions
by Puanani Mench, Oct 27, 2003 -
Writers on the Range
Leaving Las Vegas
Sarah Flick writes about a snowy spring in the Nevada desert and other wonders of aridity before leaving Las Vegas
by Sarah Flick, Oct 27, 2003 -
News
Who’s at the helm?
While Congress debates whether Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt should take over the Environmental Protection Agency, the agency itself plows ahead in an anti-environmental direction
by Laura Paskus, Sep 29, 2003 -
Essays
The EPA needs an urban pit bull
Putting Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt in charge of the Environmental Protection Agency is like using a goldfish to guard a junkyard
by Ed Marston, Sep 01, 2003 -
News
Mr. Middle Ground gets called to Washington
Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt, R, is President Bush’s pick to run the Environmental Protection Agency, and some environmentalists fear he will prove little more than a yes-man
by Matt Jenkins, Sep 01, 2003 -
Essays
Of avalanche forecasting and snow haiku
A day spent on skis with avalanche forecaster Jerry Roberts is filled with stellar crystals, snow haiku and unexpected beauty
by JT Thomas, Apr 14, 2003 -
Writers on the Range
We need a shoe to drop on climate change
We need a shoe to drop on climate change
by Auden Schendler, Mar 10, 2003 -
Writers on the Range
For wet or for dry
A one-time New Yorker wonders if he will still love his Western home, if the drought continues and the landscape he loves keeps changing before his eyes.
by Ed Marston, Feb 24, 2003 -
News
Hispanic community takes on polluters
The working-class community of Barrio Logan, on the edge of downtown San Diego, successfully tackles a chrome-plating business that produces dangerous chemicals
by Enrique Gili, Feb 03, 2003 -
Writers on the Range
Like Butte, Montana, an old dog hangs on
A mysterious, mostly wild dog, fed by local miners, has somehow survived for 16 years in the desolate moonscape of a Superfund site -- the Berkeley Pit in Butte, Mont.
by Matt Vincent, Dec 09, 2002 -
Related Stories
Brownfields program makes cleanup profitable
The "Brownfields" program, an offshoot of Superfund, is designed to redevelop contaminated sites into real estate, but critics say it is not always up to the challenge.
by Laura Paskus, Dec 09, 2002
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