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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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Solar flip-flops and fish stories
by Ray Ring Jul 18, 2008 09:25 AMBLM flip-flops on solar and expedites oil and gas; Western Governors’ Association talks about energy; more fossil fuel risks; good (and bad) salmon news.
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An ancient place to wonder about our survival
by Andy Gulliford Jul 16, 2008 03:50 PMAndy Gulliford delights in the vast Canyon of the Ancients National Monument-- a living museum subject to increased gas drilling.
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When you’re rich, you can dream
by Bill Sniffin May 19, 2008 12:00 PMBill Sniffin is pleased that Wyoming is spending its energy earnings wisely, but he believes that even more could be done with the money before the boom’s over.
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Boom! Boom!
by Francisco Tharp Jul 16, 2008 03:45 PMAn energy boom of unprecedented proportions is transforming western Colorado towns like Rifle, which just recently recovered from the last big energy boom – and a catastrophic bust.
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Guarding Galisteo
by Francisco Tharp Mar 14, 2008 01:00 PMPushing the limits of local control over energy companies
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A bad idea hits the gas pumps
by Dustin Heron Urban Feb 04, 2008 01:00 PMDustin Heron Urban has declared war on the little black stickers at gas stations that announce the availability of ethanol.
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A political speech the West needs to hear
by Ray Ring Jul 16, 2008 03:39 PMHigh Country News imagines – and delivers – the kind of speech about our energy future that the West needs to hear from its next president.
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Wyoming hits a green roadblock
by Bill Sniffin Jan 21, 2008 01:00 PMBill Sniffin says the state called the “Saudi Arabia of coal” may find its product less desirable in the face of global warming.
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An octopus wants to eat the West
by Pepper Trail Jul 16, 2008 03:53 PMPepper Trail says a proposed energy corridor for the region will chew up huge amounts of public and private land: Comments are due by Feb. 14.
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You can’t stop nature
by Pepper Trail Dec 10, 2007 01:00 PMPepper Trail warns us that we continue to tinker with nature at our peril.
