Energy
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Book Reviews
Sharing a clouded past
The Hanford Health Information Network is gathering archives on people exposed to radiation from southeast Washington's Hanford Nuclear Reservation.
by Staff, Jul 22, 1996 -
News
A Colorado canyon faces an uncertain future
Western Colorado's Demaree Canyon, a wilderness study area, faces possible natural-gas drilling owing to a grandfathered drilling permit.
by Dawn Capewell, May 27, 1996 -
News
Wyoming's Red Desert: 15 million acres of contention
A possible oil and gas boom in Wyoming's Red Desert has environmentalists scrambling to mitigate the impacts without totally alienating local oil and gas workers.
by Katharine Collins, May 27, 1996 -
News
'Boom' potential at Rocky Flats
A dangerous build-up of hydrogen gas at the closed Rocky Flats nuclear facility near Denver, Colo., has activists very worried.
by Bill Taylor, May 13, 1996 -
News
Ellensburg wins back its beauty
A group of concerned Ellensburg, Wash., citizens succeeds in getting 12 tall, unsightly power poles removed from downtown.
by Bill Taylor, May 13, 1996 -
News
80,000 tons of nuclear waste may head for Nevada
The Senate Energy Committee approves the temporary storage of nuclear waste near Nevada's Yucca Mountain.
by Adriel Bettelheim, Apr 01, 1996 -
Sidebar
Wild Wyoming under siege
Environmentalists and sportsmen gather in Rock Springs, Wyo., to discuss the problems caused by increasing oil and gas development.
by Michelle McClellan, Apr 01, 1996 -
News
Nuclear waste deal challenged
Idaho State Sen. Clint Stennett accuses Gov. Phil Batt of abusing executive power by signing a nuclear waste deal with the federal government.
by Anders Halverson, Mar 04, 1996 -
Book Reviews
American Ground Zero
Photographer Carole Gallagher profiles the West's downwinders and atomic veterans in a show and lecture in Denver, Colorado.
by Staff, Feb 05, 1996 -
Related Stories
For further reading
A short list of books for further reading about Hanford's history and its toxic legacy.
by Ken Olsen, Jan 22, 1996 -
Related Stories
Hanford's prime cuts
Four pieces of Hanford real estate are the focus of prospective landlords who want control.
by Ken Olsen, Jan 22, 1996 -
Related Stories
Amid the lovely the lethal remains
During its 40 years of weapons-building, Hanford knowingly exposed workers and area residents to dangerous levels of radiation, and the health impacts continue to be felt today.
by Ken Olsen, Jan 22, 1996 -
Feature
At Hanford, the real estate is hot
Conservationists, politicians, Indians and farmers fight over the polluted but beautiful land of Washington's Hanford Nuclear Reservation.
by Ken Olsen, Jan 22, 1996 -
News
BPA: Making amends for a destructive past
The Bonneville Power Administration was born in the Great Depression and now sells the power from 29 federal dams.
by Paul Larmer, Dec 25, 1995 -
News
Changing times force agency to swim upstream
The Bonneville Power Administration faces environmental and utility critics as it struggles to survive.
by Paul Larmer, Dec 25, 1995






