Energy
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Letters
California cap and trade's dirty secret
by Jeff Shellito, May 13, 2013 -
Letters
Put the public before profits
by Robert Luce, May 13, 2013 -
Letters
Sacrifice zones: A regrettable inevitability
by David J. Robertson, May 13, 2013 -
Letters
Contemplating the future
by John Good, Apr 29, 2013 -
Current
The latest: Mixed messages about nuclear power safety
Ex-nuclear regulatory commission chief says no U.S. nuclear plants are safe, while California's San Onofre plant plans to restart
by Sarah Jane Keller, Apr 29, 2013 -
Current
Aspen, Colo. environmental community split over small hydro
Reviving a small hydroelectric plant on Castle Creek was supposed to help the city's utility get closer to providing 100 percent carbon free electricity as part of an effort to fight climate change. Instead, it's kicked up a furor.
by Allen Best, Apr 24, 2013 -
Feature
Sacrificial Land: Will renewable energy devour the Mojave Desert?
An unlikely group of activists is championing a new bill to protect the Mojave Desert. But even if it passes, large swaths of once empty land will be developed.
by Judith Lewis Mernit, Apr 22, 2013 -
Editor's Note
On losing nothing
Climate change will transform both the Arctic and the Mojave Desert, but for different reasons
by Sarah Gilman, Apr 15, 2013 -
Sidebar
The New California Desert Protection Act
A map of desert areas proposed for protection, some of which are also slated for energy projects.
by Cindy Wehling, Apr 15, 2013 -
Writers on the Range
Smug alert
None of us are without sin when it comes to using energy.
by Allen Best, Mar 19, 2013 -
Writers on the Range
For climate's sake, finish your veggies
by Tim Lydon, Mar 13, 2013 -
News
Feds enabled oil drillers, others to cheat Fort Berthold tribes
Tribal corruption and lowball prices have denied an oil-rich North Dakota Indian reservation more than $1 billion in royalties and leases
by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, Feb 25, 2013 -
Writers on the Range
Water is life for the Navajo Nation
The Navajos need clean renewable-energy projects, not polluting coal-fired power plants.
by Nicole Horseherder, Feb 22, 2013 -
Writers on the Range
The more we drill, the more vulnerable we become
Exporting energy increases the pressure to drill here at home.
by Jon Kovash, Feb 20, 2013 -
Letters
Independent -- or subsidized -- journalism?
by Charlie Paterson, Feb 04, 2013






