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Recycling diesel emissions for farm fertilizer?
Canadian farmer Gary Lewis, fed up with the failures of synthetic fertilizer, has invented a system called Bio-Agtive Emissions Technology, a tractor add-on that recycles diesel emissions into fertilizer.
by Marian Lyman Kirst, May 23, 2012 -
L.A. activists try to stop woodlands from becoming sediment dumps
When Camron Stone realized that an oak forest was about to be bulldozed by the Los Angeles County Flood Control District, he started fighting back.
by Emily Green, May 21, 2012 -
Retirees join environmentalists in fighting Arizona copper mine
The conservative, golf-playing retirees of Queen Valley, Ariz., are determined to stop a giant copper mine.
by Kari Lydersen, May 18, 2012 -
Western legislatures grab for control of public lands
Some Western states are rekindling the Sagebrush Rebellion and demanding ownership of federal lands -- but it's not just about local control.
by Jodi Peterson, May 16, 2012
from the Blogs
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The Range Blog
Arizona, unpredictable as always
The only thing dependable about the state's politics is their lack of dependability
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The GOAT Blog
It’s the pits
New Mexico’s conservative pols rage against one of the nation's strictest oil and gas rules
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The GOAT Blog
Selling water to the highest bidder
Economists, looking to Australia, float a market-based system for the Colorado Basin
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The GOAT Blog
Friday news roundup: fires start, wildlife die
Sagebrush rebellion failures, pipeline setbacks and California wolf photos
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The Range Blog
Make anglers allies for endangered species
The Endangered Species Act is more flexible than it gets credit for, particularly for those who would eat endangered fish like bull trout
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Heard around the West
How to dispose of frozen cows
It's harder than you think; plus transforming the seedy side of Las Vegas
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The GOAT Blog
The time for oysters
Increasing ocean acidity spells trouble for shellfish
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The Range Blog
Treaty tribes dedicate final replacement fishing site
The lost fisheries and drowned Celilo Falls are not truly replaceable, though
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The Range Blog
Debate over what makes a road rages on in Utah
The state sues for control and road access in public lands -- for recreation and extraction
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The GOAT Blog
The Colorado River and Big Daddy drought
Low snowfall = less water = more stress, in the seven states fed by the Colorado River
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The GOAT Blog
From gust to gale
So-called "grass-roots" opposition to wind may be centrally organized by powerful conservative think tanks and funded by oil and gas
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The GOAT Blog
Friday news roundup: Catch-share cuts and free water
NOAA gets a budget slash; activist appeals sentence; woodpeckers are endangered
The sediment dumps of L.A.
When Camron Stone realized that a nearby riparian forest was about to be bulldozed by the Los Angeles County Flood Control District, he tried to fight back. Also, the skinny on land grabs by state lawmakers, turning diesel into fertilizer, new science of beetle kill and wildfires, and more
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Recycling diesel emissions for farm fertilizer?
Canadian farmer Gary Lewis, fed up with the failures of synthetic fertilizer, has invented a system called Bio-Agtive Emissions Technology, a tractor add-on that recycles diesel emissions into fertilizer.
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If corporations are people, what are they really like?
The state of Montana is leading the way in the fight to destroy the bizarre legal fiction that corporations are people.
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L.A. activists try to stop woodlands from becoming sediment dumps
When Camron Stone realized that an oak forest was about to be bulldozed by the Los Angeles County Flood Control District, he started fighting back.
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Rachel Carson's redwood dreams, and 50 years of "Silent Spring"
Scientist and writer Rachel Carson's intelligence, courage and love for life are remembered on the 50th anniversary of her groundbreaking book "Silent Spring."
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Bark beetle kill leads to more severe fires, right? Well, maybe
The connection between bark beetle outbreaks and Western forest fires is more complicated than it might appear.
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Selling what's priceless is the nuttiest idea of all
Some Western legislators want to sell off our public lands -- an idea that is not only impractical, but contrary to the desires of most Westerners.
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A Mexican rancher struggles to shift from cattle to conservation
In Northwest Mexico, rancher Carlos Robles Elías works hard to make his Rancho El Aribabi into an oasis of biodiversity, despite the challenges of a sagging economy and rampant drug cartel violence.
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The hoof stops here
A proposal to reopen slaughterhouses in the U.S. for old, unwanted, abandoned or wild horses is a cruel and foolish idea.
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A literary organization tackles California gang violence
The National Steinbeck Center in Salinas, Calif., is honoring the Nobel Prize-winning author by helping at-risk youth in the community he wrote about.
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How conservation works south of the border
Maps, photos and text describe some of the federal and private, nonprofit work in Northwest Mexico to preserve imperiled landscapes and a rich diversity of plants and animals.
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Arizona's clean-election law is pruned, but not uprooted
Clean-elections laws have a way of withering away, especially since the Supreme Court's controversial Citizens United ruling, but Arizona is still struggling to keep political campaigns fair.
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Wolf management in Idaho is not ready for prime time
The controversy that flared when a trapper posted a photo of himself with a dying wolf proves that Idaho and other Western states are incapable of managing wolves without the help of the Endangered Species Act.
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When Peter Gleick fell, California's water world lost big
After he impersonated a Heartland Institute board member, gadfly scientist and Pacific Institute head Peter Gleick has been persona non grata. But California water bosses may miss his fierce intellect.
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