http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 6. http://www.hcn.org/issues/329/16514 BLM and Forest Service officials say they have little power to prevent drilling in an area once it’s been OK’d for leasing, but critics say the government simply refuses to use its power No publisher Jodi Peterson Public Lands BLM Oil and Gas Forest Service oil and gas leases drilling energy policy Duane Spencer San Miguel River drilling protests John Leshy Interior Department Clinton environmental policy Mark Rey Agriculture Department Christie Achenbach Grand Staircase-Esca 2011-11-30T18:50:32Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/327/16451 Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth talks about how his agency has changed over the years, defending current forest management policies as well as the Service’s dealings with the energy industry No publisher Paul Larmer and Greg Hanscom Energy Oil and Gas Forest Service Dale Bosworth GMUG forest management government agencies Mark Rey Agriculture Department Bush environmental policy roadless rule forest fires firefighting policy thinning Mike Dombeck High Country News National Environmental P 2011-11-21T23:40:01Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/323/16325 Navajo Nation opens arms to coal-fired Desert Rock power plant; plan to trade public lands for schools is pulled off table; EPA has new Homeland Security position No publisher Laura Paskus Navajo Indian Reservation Navajo Nation Desert Rock power plant tribal sovereignty Sithe Global Power Joe Shirley Jr. Mark Rey Agriculture Department public lands school funding public land sales BLM Forest Service House Appropriations Commit 2011-11-11T22:37:24Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/346/17006 In Idaho’s Magic Valley, cow capital of the fourth-largest milk-producing state in the U.S., entrepreneurs are hoping to cash in on all that manure by using anaerobic digesters to convert it into energy No publisher Michelle Blank Intrepid Technology and Resources Inc. alternative cow manure energy carbon dioxide industry Whitesides Dairy Agriculture Department Magic Valley Greg Ledbetter Natural Res dairy milk cows fertilizer Alternative anaerobic digesters Rupert Idaho methane 2010-08-06T20:57:31Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/298/15505 Ag Secretary Mike Johanns says his agency may relax ban on slaughtering "downer" cows for human consumption; California sets official, but nonbinding, goals for perchlorate in drinking water; San Juan Generating Station to cut mercury and other emissions No publisher Laura Paskus Mike Johanns mad cow disease BSE downer cows food safety Agriculture Department National Cattlemen’s Beef Association rocket fuel perchlorate drinking water safety toxins water pollution California environmental laws EPA PNM San Juan Genera 2012-03-30T19:16:22Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/335/16698 In this issue, Ray Ring offers a top 10 list on the midterm elections and reminds Westerners that the newly empowered Democrats in Congress are still not the sole arbiters of environmental policy No publisher John Mecklin Earl Devaney midterm Senate Agriculture Department Republicans Interior Department elections Bush Elections BLM House of Representatives George W. Bush Democrats environmental policy congressional elections John Mecklin Ray Ring High Country News EPA 2010-09-09T21:05:21Z News Article