Politics & Policy
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Keep on cutting
In Oregon, voters defeated a ban on clear-cutting forests, but agreed to allow the state to spend some lottery funds on parks and habitat protection.
by Dustin Solberg, Nov 23, 1998 -
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Voters thread through the ballot
In Colorado, ballot initiatives regulating hog farms won, and water developer Gary Boyce's San Luis Valley initiatives lost.
by Dustin Solberg, Nov 23, 1998 -
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Courting the green vote
In Arizona, an open space-saving scheme called "Growing Smarter" wins despite environmental opposition.
by Tony Davis, Nov 23, 1998 -
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Mining takes another hit
In Montana, Initiative 137 banning new cyanide heap-leach gold mines wins despite a last-minute campaign blitz by the mining industry.
by Dustin Solberg, Nov 23, 1998 -
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The 105th Congress didn't come completely clean
Although many of the worst anti-environmental riders were struck from the budget bill, the 105th Congress did not leave environmentalists with much to be happy about.
by Dustin Solberg, Nov 09, 1998 -
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Defensive GOP cleans up its budget act
After weeks of bluster and deal-making, Republicans quietly dropped 30 or so anti-environmental riders to the appropriations bill.
by Jon Margolis, Nov 09, 1998 -
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On The Trail
Washington voters will decide between two women candidates for the Senate - incumbent Patty Murray, D, and Linda Smith, R; Green Party candidate Sam Hitt challenges incumbent Ray Powell, D, for New Mexico state lands commissioner.
by Dustin Solberg, Oct 26, 1998 -
Related Stories
Are the West's governors turning over a new (green) leaf?
The Western Governors' Assn. recently agreed unanimously on a "shared environmental doctrine," giving the federal and state governments shared responsibility for environmental protection - but some critics say it's just another push for states' rights.
by Michelle Nijhuis, Oct 26, 1998 -
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He fought Oregon's developers
Former Sen. Ted Hallock recalls his 20 years in the Oregon Senate, particularly his work to pass his state's nationally recognized land-use planning law, a quarter-century ago.
by Carlotta Collette, Oct 26, 1998 -
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The Oregon way
Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber, D, is determined to solve difficult problems - such as the recovery of his state's wild coastal coho salmon - at the state level, through consensus.
by Carlotta Collette, Oct 26, 1998 -
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A familiar name returns to Western politics
The Udall family still lives in politics, as Morris Udall's son, Mark, runs for Congress in Colorado and Stewart's son, Tom, runs for the House of Representatives in New Mexico.
by Dustin Solberg, Oct 12, 1998 -
Essays
God to Helen: "Do I know you?'
In a tongue-in-cheek essay, the writer talks to God and passes on the divine opinion concerning Idaho Rep. Helen Chenoweth.
by Stephen Lyons, Sep 28, 1998 -
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On The Trail
Utah Republican Rep. Merrill Cook loses environmental support to his challenger, Lily Eskelson; in Idaho, League of Conservation Voters puts up money to defeat Rep. Helen Chenoweth; Ariz.'s "Growing Smarter" initiative apparently not what it seems to be.
by Dustin Solberg, Sep 28, 1998 -
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Congress avoids buying public land
The Land and Water Conservation Fund is tied up in politics and milked to balance the budget, rather than spent to purchase public lands as it was intended to do.
by Jon Margolis, Sep 28, 1998 -
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A senator for the New West in the race of his life
Democrat Harry Reid brings a reputation for integrity, a record of environmentalism, and the toughness he kept from his hardscrabble Western upbringing into a challenging race for a third term as a U.S. Senator from Nevada.
by Jon Christensen, Sep 28, 1998
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