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Oil and gas companies pour money into research universities
In the midst of the nation’s current oil and gas frenzy and controversies over fracking, energy company contributions to schools are raising questions about academic integrity.
by Joshua Zaffos, Jan 22, 2013 -
Oil boom spurs a rush on extractive education programs
As production from unconventional reserves ramps up, students are flooding into university and technical programs supporting oil and gas development.
by Jeremy Miller, Jan 21, 2013 -
The Power Lung Kid
A writing teacher discovers that the real difference he makes for disadvantaged kids is through listening and other simple acts.
by Cameron Scott, Jan 21, 2013 -
Education includes people, naturally
Today, many educational organizations and institutions offer incredible learning opportunities -- both in the field and the classroom -- for students and non-students to chow down on the West’s meaty issues.
by Paul Larmer, Jan 21, 2013 -
Experiential natural resource education thrives in the West
A far from comprehensive sampling of the region's hands-on natural resource programs
by Emilene Ostlind, Jan 21, 2013 -
A review of Utah's Wasatch Range: Four Season Refuge
Nature photographer Howie Garber captures mountain light and color, making a powerful visual argument against more development in Salt Lake City’s high-elevation backyard
by Staff, Jan 21, 2013 -
A big thank-you to our supporters
We appreciate your support; moves and contributing editors.
by Jodi Peterson, Jan 21, 2013 -
Fighting development in floodplains
Conservationists challenge insurance program that harms salmon and other endangered species.
by Lisa Stiffler/InvestigateWest, Jan 04, 2013 -
Reviving Custer: Re-enactment and revision at the Little Bighorn
A Custer impersonator confronts old and new racial tensions as he performs in a Battle of the Little Bighorn re-enactment in Montana.
by Sierra Crane-Murdoch, Jan 02, 2013 -
A mining rush in Canada’s backcountry threatens Alaska salmon
Canadian governments back proposals for more than a dozen new mines along salmon-rich rivers that flow to the Alaska coast.
by Christopher Pollon, Dec 31, 2012 -
An underwater forest reveals the story of a historic megadrought
Scientists find a climatic archive at the bottom of an alpine lake in California's Sierra Nevada.
by Brendon Bosworth, Dec 25, 2012 -
Canadian government cuts pollution research that's crucial in the U.S.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's administration has defunded the Experimental Lakes Area, where Canadian and U.S. scientists have made important discoveries regarding acid rain, mercury deposition and other pollutants.
by Peter Andrey Smith, Dec 24, 2012 -
HCN takes a holiday break
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas here in Paonia, Colo.
by Jodi Peterson, Dec 24, 2012 -
A sampler of U.S. environmentalists working in British Columbia
U.S. environmental groups like Rivers Without Borders, Conservation Northwest and Round River Conservation Studies work with First Nations in British Columbia to slow a mining rush.
by Ray Ring, Dec 24, 2012 -
BLM plans for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska
A controversial proposal for the nation’s biggest chunk of public land aims to allow energy development -- and protect wildlife.
by Jodi Peterson, Dec 24, 2012 -
A different borderland blues
Mining in British Columbia could have big impacts on parts of Canada -- and the U.S.
by Ray Ring, Dec 24, 2012 -
At home with the oil rigs
A California resident learns to love the tiny lights twinkling far out to sea.
by Cameron Walker, Dec 24, 2012 -
A review of Last Water on the Devil’s Highway: A cultural and natural history of Tinajas Altas
The story of a waterhole that, for centuries, has kept travelers from death as they passed through the desert.
by Staff, Dec 24, 2012 -
Western water, in poetry and policy: A review of Dam Nation
Stephen Grace’s new book explains the intricacies of Western water policy -- in a poetic way.
by Emily Green, Dec 24, 2012 -
Date with a climate-change denier
A first (and last) date with someone who doesn't believe in global warming.
by Megan Kimble, Dec 21, 2012
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