http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.6/californias-carbon-market-may-succeed-where-others-have-failed The Golden State's new cap-and-trade program aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions while avoiding the pitfalls of similar attempts. No publisher Brendon Bosworth cap and trade Climate change carbon trading California Hot Times 2013-04-19T15:16:06Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.3/book-review-quilts-california-bound-california-made-1840-1940 Sandi Fox pairs full-page color images of quilts with historical narrative, excerpts from diaries, period photos and illustrations to shed light on the lives of early Californians. No publisher Staff California Immigrants Quilts 2013-02-19T15:16:58Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/giving-names-to-smoke-and-fire Why do we name fires? No publisher Jaime O'Neill naming wildfire California wildfire California Chips Fire Feather River Canyon 2012-09-06T15:03:27Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/feeding-the-deer A rural Californian doesn't apologize for feeding the deer that hang out near his mountain home. No publisher Jaime O'Neill feeding wildlife Magalia rural life Deer California wild animals 2012-01-25T23:07:23Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.21/water-quality-standards-unfairly-burden-rural-communities The plight of a small water and sewer association in rural Mora, N.M -- caught in a tangle of federal and state clean water rules it can’t afford to meet -- echoes experienced by other rural communities around the West. No publisher Judith Lewis Mernit total maximum daily loads Mora River Montana River Action groundwater pollution agricultural runoff Mora Mutual Water and Sewer Association northern New Mexico communities water quality laws TMDLs James Bearzi Clean Water Act New Mexico Environment Department California Clarence Aragon Environmental Protection Agency Mora, New Mexico water pollution Los Angeles County septic tanks 2011-12-21T15:57:22Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.20/californias-high-speed-rail-is-slow-to-gain-speed The U.S. continues to trail the rest of the world in high-speed rail development, as California's long-planned bullet train is delayed yet again. No publisher Stephanie Paige Ogburn California's economic problems High-speed rail Congress public transit recession public transportation infrastructure California California public transit Congressional budget crunch passenger trains high-speed train development 2011-11-23T00:42:21Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.13/economies-of-vice If marijuana becomes fully legal and taxable, it won't be the first time authorities have learned that it's easier - and more profitable - to manage vice than to try to eliminate it. No publisher Sarah Gilman Humboldt County medical marijuana Emerald Triangle rural economies California Matt Jenkins migrant workers legalizing vice marijuana growers 2011-08-05T22:15:41Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.2/obamas-record-on-western-environmental-issues Not everybody is happy, but the Obama administration is making slow but steady progress in dealing with the West's environmental issues. No publisher Judith Lewis Mernit Kettleman City Raul Grijalva Ken Salazar Obama environmental policy oil and gas leases Fish and Wildlife Service BLM Interior Department Clinton environmental policy Barack Obama PEER California Obama energy policy Bush environmental policy EPA 2011-02-07T15:01:49Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/articles/high-country-views-big-solar-marches-on Cally Carswell talks with HCN contributing editor Judith Lewis about the muscle the feds are putting behind solar energy development on public land. No publisher Cally Carswell BLM renewable energy High Country Views California solar 2011-01-20T15:27:16Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.22/californias-tangled-water-politics Will there ever be enough water in California's Bay Delta to satisfy farmers, keep fish alive and quench the thirst of millions of people? No publisher Matt Jenkins CalFed Arnold Schwarzenegger District Delta smelt salmon water supply Central Valley farmers California Bay Delta Accord Endangered Species Act drought Peripheral Canal 2011-02-03T16:01:42Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.10/california-prepares-for-the-next-burn Public officials – and even homeowners – are beginning to accept the inevitability of wildfires in the Golden State. No publisher Peter Friederici wildfire wildland-urban interface California firefighting 2010-02-05T09:58:28Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/40.13/manufactured-homes-for-the-birds Zoologist David Olson and his colleagues are trying to create artificial cacti to house the rare coastal cactus wren, whose cholla cactus habitat is being threatened by California’s recent wildfires. No publisher Joseph Sorrentino wildfires cholla California cactus birds 2010-02-05T08:58:50Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/articles/17785 Graham Chisholm believes that an agreement involving open space, a large housing development and condor habitat on California’s Tejon Ranch is a “true conservation victory.” No publisher Graham Chisholm development condor critical habitat Tejon Ranch agreement consensus California endangered species Communities Graham Chisholm Audubon California 2010-02-05T09:40:08Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/373/17777 In her new novel, The Berkeley Pit, Dorothy Bryant intertwines the stories of two very different Berkeleys: The California college town during the ‘60s, and the famously toxic open-pit mine in Butte, Mont. No publisher Tanya Lee History Dorothy Bryant The Berkeley Pit historical fiction novels 1960s Berkeley California teachers students copper mines 2010-02-05T08:39:58Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/321/16263 California has a lot to teach the Interior West – particularly about clean energy and water conservation No publisher Paul Larmer Energy Coal Communities in Transition California Rocky Mountains changing communities demographics Californication water use water supply clean energy coal-fired power plants conservation environmental movement pollution air quality Ray Ring Magic Valley Idaho Denver Salt Lak 2010-02-05T09:33:38Z News Article