Results for keyword: pesticides
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The fight over a much-needed pesticide: methyl iodide
California places tough restrictions on the pesticide methyl iodide, but opponents believe that's not enough to protect workers and the environment.
by Nathan Rice, Jul 24, 2011 -
Why would a federal agency trash its libraries?
The Environmental Protection Agency’s quiet efforts to dismantle its own technical libraries are likely to hamstring scientific research – and freedom of thought – across the nation, Jeff Ruch warns.
by Jeff Ruch, Apr 09, 2007 -
With liberty, justice, and locally produced food for all
In Fields That Dream: A Journey to the Roots of Our Food, Jenny Kurzweil illustrates how agricultural injustices can be combated by purchasing food from socially conscious local producers
by Annie Dawid, Mar 20, 2006 -
Follow-up
Gale Norton blasts environmentalists; California farmworkers sprayed with pesticides; ranchers have to keep paying beef checkoffs
by Laura Paskus, Jun 13, 2005 -
Skiing, or wheeling and dealing?
Ski resorts become a tool for real estate speculation and development across the West.
by Mark Matthews, Apr 18, 2005 -
A chemical cocktail pollutes Western water
A recent study from the U.S. Geological Survey finds traces of pharmaceuticals, pesticides and personal care products in Colorado’s streams and groundwater
by Michelle Nijhuis, Apr 18, 2005 -
Bees don't grow on trees
Honeybees are in trouble, and so are the farmers who depend on them for pollination, especially in California’s almond orchards
by J.M. McCord, Mar 07, 2005 -
Communities search for a safer way to kill mosquitoes
In Colorado and elsewhere in the West, the fear of West Nile Virus brings the controversy about spraying pesticides to a boil
by Gail Binkly, Sep 13, 2004 -
Wanted: Leak-proof dumps
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 -
Dear friends
Wallace Stegner Center celebrates 40th birthday of Wilderness Act; Casper Star-Tribune’s Charles Levendosky dies; visitors Stanley Dodson, Dorothy Kehmeier, Jim Low; correction on Pahreah townsite photos
by Matt Jenkins, Mar 29, 2004






