Results for keyword: California
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California's carbon market may succeed where others have failed
The Golden State's new cap-and-trade program aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions while avoiding the pitfalls of similar attempts.
by Brendon Bosworth, Apr 19, 2013 -
Book review: Quilts: California Bound, California Made 1840-1940
Sandi Fox pairs full-page color images of quilts with historical narrative, excerpts from diaries, period photos and illustrations to shed light on the lives of early Californians.
by Staff, Feb 18, 2013 -
Giving names to smoke and fire
Why do we name fires?
by Jaime O'Neill , Sep 06, 2012 -
Feeding the deer
A rural Californian doesn't apologize for feeding the deer that hang out near his mountain home.
by Jaime O'Neill, Jan 25, 2012 -
Water-quality standards unfairly burden rural communities
The plight of a small water and sewer association in rural Mora, N.M -- caught in a tangle of federal and state clean water rules it can’t afford to meet -- echoes experienced by other rural communities around the West.
by Judith Lewis Mernit, Dec 20, 2011 -
California's high-speed rail is slow to gain speed
The U.S. continues to trail the rest of the world in high-speed rail development, as California's long-planned bullet train is delayed yet again.
by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, Nov 27, 2011 -
Economies of vice
If marijuana becomes fully legal and taxable, it won't be the first time authorities have learned that it's easier - and more profitable - to manage vice than to try to eliminate it.
by Sarah Gilman, Aug 07, 2011 -
Obama's record on Western environmental issues
Not everybody is happy, but the Obama administration is making slow but steady progress in dealing with the West's environmental issues.
by Judith Lewis Mernit, Feb 07, 2011 -
High Country Views, Big solar marches on
Cally Carswell talks with HCN contributing editor Judith Lewis about the muscle the feds are putting behind solar energy development on public land.
by Cally Carswell, Dec 27, 2010 -
California's Tangled Water Politics
Will there ever be enough water in California's Bay Delta to satisfy farmers, keep fish alive and quench the thirst of millions of people?
by Matt Jenkins, Dec 20, 2010






