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With 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
by Jonathan Thompson,
Sep 04, 2006
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The Democratic bloggers on the netroots seem to be prone
to wildly optimistic self-delusion – and then again, maybe
they’re not so crazy after all
by Jon Margolis,
Jul 24, 2006
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Fishing is not the reason behind the decline of the
Northwest’s salmon; the desire for cheap hydroelectric power
is
by Gina Knudson,
Jun 12, 2006
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Newly appointed Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne has a
chance to use his deal-making abilities to bring change to the way
Western public lands are managed
by Rocky Barker,
Jun 12, 2006
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The decision of the Association of Petroleum Geologists to
give novelist Michael Crichton its "Journalist of the Year" award
for his anti-global warming thriller State of Fear can only
increase public cynicism about science and scientists
by Ben Long,
May 29, 2006
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This special issue of High Country News
takes an on-the-ground look at the human landscape of illegal
immigration in the West
by Jonathan Thompson,
Jul 16, 2008
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Despite the promises of the Healthy Forests Act, the Bush
administration has proposed sweeping cuts to community fire
programs in the West
by Sarah Gilman,
May 01, 2006
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President Bush says the Healthy Forests Restoration Act
and Initiative were needed to fight wildfire, but several years
into the new rules, critics question whether the changes they
brought were helpful or even necessary
by Kathie Durbin,
Apr 17, 2006
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The writer tells of an unexpected encounter with Interior
Secretary Gale Norton, and the conversation that ensued
by Terry Tempest Williams,
Jul 16, 2008
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White Pine County, Nev., seeks federal help to fight Las
Vegas groundwater grab; fired workers suddenly regain jobs at
National Renewable Energy Laboratory; marijuana is
Washington’s No. 8 agricultural product
by Matt Jenkins,
Jul 16, 2008
