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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: sprawl
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Is It or Isn’t It (Just Another Mouse)?
by Christie Aschwanden Jul 16, 2008 03:25 PMAs scientists clash over the Preble’s meadow jumping mouse's biological categorization, the complexity of endangered species science steps into the light
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Worth the work
by Andy Lilley Jul 16, 2008 03:33 PMJeremias Pink fixes up bikes and gives them away because he loves his town, Pocatello, Idaho
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Two weeks in the West
by Jonathan Thompson Apr 30, 2007 12:00 PMWestern real estate slump hits suburbs, but developers keep on developing; Marijuana McMansions; copper booming; Logan, Utah, rejects dirty power; Tri-State puts off two coal power plants; animals killed by Wildlife Services
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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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Phoenix Falling?
by Craig Childs Jul 16, 2008 03:31 PMCraig Childs lifts the rug of modern-day Phoenix, Ariz., to examine the remnants of the civilization that preceded it – the Hohokam people, who also built a great city in the middle of the desert, and flourished until the day they ran out of water.
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Chickens are roosting on private property in Oregon
by Russell Sadler Dec 25, 2006 01:00 PMBuyer’s remorse is strong in Oregon, where Measure 37 has sparked a developer’s feeding frenzy that has Oregonians’ heads spinning
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Is the great federal land debate over
by John Freemuth Sep 18, 2006 12:00 PMTwo trends are almost as dangerous as the idea of directly selling off the public lands: land transfers done in the name of economic development, and the outsourcing of jobs in the federal land-management agencies.
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Unpaved with good intentions
by Seth Zuckerman Sep 18, 2006 12:00 PMA new breed of land trusts seeks not merely to preserve undeveloped landscape, but to keep it in agricultural use – particularly in organic farming.
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Land deal, New Mexico style
by Laura Paskus Jul 16, 2008 03:20 PMIn booming Albuquerque, N.M., the former Atrisco Land Grant – now the Westland Development Corporation – wants to sell land to developers, but not all the land grant heirs are pleased with the prospect
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Poison in the Wind
by Michelle Burkhart Apr 03, 2006 12:00 PMAs suburban neighborhoods sprawl into California’s agricultural land, residents are faced with pesticide drift and other problems
