States tighten rules, challenge feds to follow

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It's the population, stupid? | Some Westerners want to blame our environmental wo...
The trouble with monuments | An internally conflicted rant on Obama's "secret l...
Good night, sweet trees | A scientist sees a Shakespearean tragedy unfold in...
No ESA for sage grouse | Feds say iconic bird needs protection, but won't g...

Charles Bowden on The War Next Door | On the U.S.-Mexico border, the corrupt and futile ...
Thank you, Utah, for leading the way | Utah's Legislature has brilliant plans to cut educ...
Skeletons in the closet | When the media reported that Everett Ruess' bones ...
Water fallout | A nuclear power plant proposed for Green River, Ut...
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Related: Facts about greenhouse gas emissions Sprinkled throughout the lead story are "fun facts" about what causes greenhouse gas emissions and what people can do to reduce them; Hot times — hot damn Michelle Nijhuis has just won the 2006 Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science Journalism for her series on global warming in the West, which concludes with this issue’s feature story; Save Our Snow Faced with rising temperatures and a passive federal government, Western towns such as Aspen, Colo., are beginning to work out a local approach to combating global warming; When you carry your home with you, when are you home? The thousands of RVers who gather in Quartzsite, Ariz., every winter create in an impromptu community that might as well be in a Wal-Mart parking lot.; Location, location, location Power plant siting matters to Colorado communities.

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