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The gas industry and its political partners are going to great lengths to try to derail and discredit an EPA report that blames Pavillion, Wyoming’s polluted water on hydraulic fracking.
by John Fenton,
Jan 24, 2012
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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 21, 2011
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When a giant dairy proposed building near Jerry Nivens' beloved New Mexico home, the chain-smoking Texas hermit became an activist who organized other locals to fight the industry.
by Stephanie Paige Ogburn,
Dec 05, 2011
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Jana Hughes, of Hobbs, N.M., does not find dairies to be good neighbors. Janet Claborn, of Muleshoe, Texas, has recruited 14 dairies to her town and sees them as an economic development blessing.
by Stephanie Paige Ogburn,
Nov 28, 2011
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We need energy -- but not at the cost of clean water
by Louis Meeks,
Oct 12, 2010
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The oil and gas industry -- and its many environmental side effects -- are coming to Montana's Yellowstone country.
by Andrea Peacock,
Sep 03, 2010
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New York City fights drilling in its watershed, and even some energy executives say the industry needs to be more transparent about the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing.
by Sarah Gilman,
Nov 17, 2009
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The nation’s nuclear infrastructure is aging, and in
need of very expensive – and very complicated –
retooling just to survive
by Judith Lewis,
Sep 04, 2006
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Perchlorate, a toxic chemical used in rocket fuel, has
been found in drinking water wells, but that won’t stop the
development of West Creek, a planned community northeast of Los
Angeles
by Patrick Farrell,
Oct 03, 2005
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A recent court ruling denying a proposed cat-litter mine
in Nevada’s Washoe County could give local communities more
control over mining projects on federal land.
by Hilary Watts,
Feb 07, 2005
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Because arid Wyoming built landfills without liners, at
least 21 of the state’s dumps are now leaking dangerous
chemicals into groundwater
by Allison Fashek,
Jul 19, 2004
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