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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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Results for keyword: mining
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Slideshow: A geologist's story
by Marty Durlin Feb 15, 2008 01:00 PMFaye Geiger, who worked as an exploration geologist at the Lisbon Valley Mine in Utah, talks about her experience.
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Red Mountain miracle
by Morgan Heim and Jonathan Thompson Sep 07, 2007 12:00 PMIn southern Colorado, conservation groups find a way to save 9,000 high-altitude acres from second-home development.
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A gold mine in the Colorado wilderness?
by Morgan Heim May 31, 2007 12:00 PMThe owners of a 1938 mining claim in the Uncompaghre wilderness plan to start digging for gold.
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Can Congress drag the 1872 Mining Law into the 21st century?
by Eve Rickert May 17, 2007 12:00 PMA new bill would end 130 years of public land giveaways and reform one of the West's most antiquated -- and harmful -- laws.
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Deciphering humanity's hardware
by Michelle Nijhuis Jul 16, 2008 03:14 PMInfrastructure: A Field Guide to the Industrial Landscape by Brian Hayes is a wonderfully conversational explanation of everything one sees along the highway that isn’t natural
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Recovering the Sacred: The Power of Naming and Claiming
by Staff Oct 31, 2005 01:00 PMRecovering the Sacred, by environmental and Indian rights activist Winona LaDuke, examines the struggle of American Indians to reclaim their sacred sites and beliefs
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Industry embeds its own in the BLM
by Tony Barboza Jul 16, 2008 03:07 PMEnergy and mining companies are paying the salaries of workers at Bureau of Land Management offices around the West
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Public lands lifeline
by Jodi Peterson Aug 30, 2004 12:00 PMMining claims, hardrock mining, public lands, Environmental Working Group, Western Mining Action Project, Roger Flynn, National Mining Association, Luke Popovich
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Report unearths the high cost of mining
by Jodi Peterson May 10, 2004 12:00 PMA new report from Earthworks and Oxfam America, Dirty Metals: Mining, Communities and the Environment, details the waste and pollution produced by modern mining
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Follow-up
by Laura Paskus Apr 12, 2004 12:00 PMSteve Williams, head of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, tells Congress that money for critical habitat for endangered species could be better spent elsewhere; National Security Administration head asks Congress for more money for nuke bomb site, and Rep.
