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The persistence of bigotry, Western-style
A father of a biracial child listens to the casually racist jokes of his rural Colorado neighbors.
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Digging deep
An innovative local program helps Hispanic heroin addicts recover by renewing their ties to the land.
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Real work
The joys – and hardships – of outdoor physical work take a toll.
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How to survive the lean times
Her brush with homelessness gives Jane Goetze the background to offer some wry advice.
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A chance to do it right in the West
Hoping for a Western Interior secretary who practices the politics of collaboration.
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The missing puzzle piece
In southwestern Colorado’s Crow Canyon, archaeologists are working with Native Americans to solve the historical mysteries of the Four Corners area.
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Weekend Westerner
Arthur Kruse rides the range – outside of Munich, Germany.
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Ultimate solution?
Southern California wants to use desalination to increase its water supply, but critics think the idea needs to be taken with a grain of salt.
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Burning issues
Controversial forestry scientist Tom Bonnicksen believes increased logging is necessary to fight global warming.
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Results for keyword: Energy
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Primer 2: Energy
by Paul Larmer Mar 16, 2008 03:50 PMThe West's abundant resources below ground have supplied much of the power for the U.S. in the past; are renewables next?
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Sans petrol
by Tim Holt Feb 19, 2007 01:00 PMWillits, Calif., is one of a growing number of communities trying to prepare for a post-oil world by becoming economically and agriculturally sustainable.
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Slipping into the holidays
by Paul Larmer Dec 25, 2006 01:00 PMThis issue’s cover essay on New Mexico’s gas fields – and our publisher’s adventures during a recent snowstorm in Paonia – reveal the complex links that bind Westerners together for better or worse
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Environmental change
by April Reese Dec 11, 2006 01:00 PMSen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., does an about-face and moves to protect New Mexico’s Valle Vidal from oil and gas drilling
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Destruction and discovery walk hand in hand
by Laura Paskus Nov 27, 2006 01:00 PMA new plan to steer energy development away from cultural sites in New Mexico could streamline energy development, fund archaeological research and preserve ancient sites all at once
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Trees — A different shade of green
by Fletcher Jacobs Jul 16, 2008 03:26 PMIncreasingly, Western cities are planting trees to save energy as well as provide beauty
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Biomass: What to do with all that wood
by Peter Friederici Oct 30, 2006 01:00 PMMark Sardella’s nonprofit group Local Energy is determined to heat local communities with biomass energy, created by burning logging slash and millwaste from New Mexican forests
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Clinton-era roadless rule is back... for now
by Evan Tea Oct 16, 2006 12:00 PMA federal judge has reinstated President Clinton’s roadless rule protecting forests in the Lower 48 states, but the decision seems to have only confused the issue of forest management and is likely to end up back in court
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Keep power generation close to home
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Reborn
by Jonathan Thompson Sep 04, 2006 12:00 PMWith global warming an increasing threat, some are urging a return to nuclear energy, but the industry’s own checkered past reminds us that a nuclear renaissance will be neither easy nor cheap
