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Time to reform and repair
Paul Larmer reminds us that it will take more than a single environmental hero – like Tim DeChristopher, who cleverly sabotaged a BLM energy-lease auction – to reform the agency.
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A tale of heartbreakin' and asskickin'
Walt Gasson deeply loved a mule, but that mule tragically broke his heart – not to mention several of his bones.
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Trashing the earth, and the truth
Hal Herring relates the ugly story of how the Bush administration used its influence to try to kill a story about the impacts of energy development.
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As Interior Turns
During the last eight years, Bush’s Interior Department has been embroiled in enough corruption, sex and scandal to fuel several soap operas.
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The sick and tired West
The EPA under George Bush has put the health of Westerners at risk in order to make life easier for big industry.
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Nonprofitable times
Many conservation groups are feeling the pinch.
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Bring on the immigrants
by Pete Letheby May 28, 2007 12:00 PMPete Letheby says the vanishing towns of the Great Plains and Midwest ought to open a welcoming door for immigrants.
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You ain’t from around here, are you?
by Brian Kevin Jul 16, 2008 03:31 PMIn Brave New West: Morphing Moab at the Speed of Greed, Jim Stiles rips into the amenity-oriented tourist economy that has transformed his once-beloved Moab, but he offers little in the way of useful alternatives.
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Man Camp
by David Frey Jul 16, 2008 03:27 PMIn Western Colorado, where the energy boom is stretching the resources – and social fabric – of local communities, some companies have turned to portable dormitories to ease the housing crunch.
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The rural West's pragmatic booster
by Samuel Western Sep 04, 2006 12:00 PMEconomist and demographer Larry Swanson wants to help rural Western communities find a way to survive
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Have golf's glory days gone by?
by Tony Davis Aug 21, 2006 12:00 PMGolf – the game that brought grass to the desert – appears to have hit a rough patch in the West
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Adapt or collapse
by Paul Larmer Jun 12, 2006 12:00 PMIn his book Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, Jared Diamond warns about societies that overreach themselves – a warning that southern Arizona, in the midst of its tremendous real estate boom, ought to heed
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The Perpetual Growth Machine
by Matt Jenkins Jul 16, 2008 03:20 PMPhoenix, Ariz., is determined to disprove the idea that the West will someday run out of water and that every boom has to come to an end
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California, here we come
by Paul Larmer May 01, 2006 12:00 PMCalifornia has a lot to teach the Interior West – particularly about clean energy and water conservation
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The difficulties of cohabitation
by Paul Larmer Feb 20, 2006 01:00 PMDespite its problems and failures – many of them arising from the conflict between the United States’ growing population and our declining wildlife habitat – the Endangered Species Act is a necessary law
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You say you want a railvolution...
by Paul Larmer Nov 14, 2005 01:00 PMWesterners may love their cars, but the region’s rapid growth means that even the most ardent car-lovers have a stake in mass transit, and in Denver’s grand experiment in light rail
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Window Shopping: Part-Time Paradise
by Grace Lichtenstein Oct 25, 2004 12:00 PMAspen, Colo., and other mountain resort towns burst with wealthy baby boomers' second, third and even fourth homes. But for much of the year those houses sit empty, and the towns are turning hollow
