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Modern-day La Mancha
Are wind-turbine-fighting environmentalists re-enacting Don Quixote's crusade against windmills -- while ignoring the real monster of climate change?
by Jonathan Thompson , Jun 17, 2009 -
Sci-fi conservation
Enviros create force-fields around national parks. Also: Recovery Act funds are coming to BLM lands in the Western states.
by Ray Ring , May 20, 2009 -
Champions go both ways
The Obama administration appoints environmentalists to some important positions in the Interior Department and other agencies. Also: The West faces a growing shortage of food-supply animal veterinarians.
by Ray Ring, Apr 20, 2009 -
A ghost of the 1970s
Bipartisan politics briefly returned to Washington, D.C., with the passage of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act. Also: A map highlights some of the newly protected lands in the West.
by Ray Ring , Apr 09, 2009 -
Changeable weather
Western environmentalists get good news about Yucca Mountain, but face challenges from state legislatures. Also: Americans finally reduce their driving miles.
by Ray Ring , Mar 17, 2009 -
True tests of 'Stay and Defend'
Australia’s recent fires may have scorched “Stay and Defend,” a firefighting strategy American Westerners had thought of emulating. Also: Birds are shifting their winter range.
by Ray Ring , Feb 25, 2009 -
Red light, green light
After years of stalemate and fighting, enviros are gaining ground under Obama. Also: Unemployment rates are ranked in the Western states.
by Ray Ring, Feb 12, 2009 -
No news is bad news
The media’s economic crisis is hitting the West particularly hard, with major daily newspapers up for sale. Also: Chicago businessman watches nature via computer.
by Ray Ring , Jan 29, 2009 -
The West goes to Washington
Barack Obama is bringing Westerners to Washington, including Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano to run Homeland Security, and Cabinet picks Ken Salazar, Hilda Solis and Steven Chu.
by Ray Ring , Jan 19, 2009 -
Midnight cowboying
As Bush prepares to leave office, his "midnight regulations" are mostly gifts to big business.
by Jodi Peterson, Dec 16, 2008 -
Going underground
Hardrock mining slows down, but carbon sequestration and algae biofuels pick up.
by Sarah Gilman and Jodi Peterson , Dec 09, 2008 -
On Obama's coattails
Western Democrats have reason to celebrate the 2008 election, but the old conservative West has not disappeared.
by Ray Ring , Nov 21, 2008 -
Snapshot
The declining value of clean energy stocks reflects the credit crunch and the plunge in oil and gas prices after earlier highs.
by Staff, Nov 10, 2008 -
While you were voting …
While the nation is distracted by the election, the Bush administration races ahead with environmental policy changes.
by Sarah Gilman , Nov 04, 2008 -
Scrimpfest in the West
As much of the West reels economically, Wyoming and a few states thrive on energy; urban bears live fast and die young.
by Sarah Gilman , Oct 23, 2008 -
Wildlife wars
There’s fighting over the endangered status of wolves, sage grouse, etc., and protecting wildlife from drilling.
by Sarah Gilman , Oct 13, 2008 -
On the ballot: "Clean" coal and moose stew
Political conventions obsess about “clean” coal and Sarah Palin, and sideline discussions of oil and gas impacts.
by Sarah Gilman, Sep 10, 2008 -
Two weeks in the West
Forest Service blows its wad on a mixed fire season in the West; solar power plants and wind farms may help take the heat off; fire sale of energy leases on Colorado’s Roan Plateau.
by Jodi Peterson, Sep 02, 2008 -
Two weeks in the West
Precedent-setting conservation easement lawsuit in Wyoming; wet spring gives way to burning-hot summer; EPA approves air-quality permit for Desert Rock power plant; Smokey Bear vs. ORVs; smoky bear vs. firefighter.
by Sarah Gilman, Aug 18, 2008 -
Snapshot
A nonprofit deconstructs a trophy home near the Columbia Gorge.
by Sarah Gilman, Aug 18, 2008
