http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/wotr/solar-power-works-best-when-it-stays-small-and-local Industrial-style, large-scale solar developments on Western public lands are simply not the right way to go. No publisher Janine Blaeloch Ken Salazar public lands development Solar Done Right Big Solar public utilities industrial solar Energy Department Interior Department Call to Action for Energy Democracy small-scale solar electricity grassroots movements Natural Resources Defense Council The Wilderness Society solar power 2012-04-12T16:39:04Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/tips-for-a-bright-and-efficient-christmas LED light bulbs will light up your life -- and reduce the need for new, polluting coal power plants. No publisher Russ Doty and Holly Wilde coal pollution power plant construction LEDs Christmas lights LED savings energy use electricity climate change light bulbs stocking stuffers Energy Department incandescent light bulbs energy efficiency practical Christmas presents coal power plants light emitting diodes unusual Christmas gifts 2011-12-16T13:55:43Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.2/obamas-record-on-western-environmental-issues/a-closer-look-at-obamas-judges-federal-agencies-and-approach-to-science-and-secrecy A closer look at Obama's impact on federal judges, the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Energy Department and the Forest Service, as well as his administration's approach to science and secrecy. No publisher Judith Lewis Mernit and Ray Ring Stephen Chu Obama environmental policy Fish and Wildlife Service Energy Department Office of Science and Technology Policy Forest Service scientific integrity policy Barack Obama Obama energy policy federal judges 2011-02-09T21:32:17Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.9/accidental-wilderness Washington's Hanford Site and New Mexico's White Sands Missile Range both hold deadly nuclear contamination – along with unspoiled landscapes rich in wildlife. No publisher David Wolman nuclear waste Patrick Morrow U.S. Department of Defense wildlife habitat environmental news Energy Department Heidi Newsome Trinity Site Hanford Nuclear Reservation atomic bomb White Sands Missile Range 2010-06-04T15:54:51Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.13/the-same-old-sen.-reid Year after year, Nevada Sen. Harry Reid has stood squarely in the path of every attempt to reform the 1872 Mining Law. Plus: The Energy Department wants to dump tons of deadly mercury, most likely in the West. No publisher Ray Ring mercury 1872 Mining Law mineral royalties toxic wastes hardrock mining reform Harry Reid Nick Rahall Energy Department Jeff Bingaman 2010-02-05T09:39:25Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/297/15469 The Department of Energy finally agrees to move the Atlas uranium mine tailings pile away from Moab, Utah, and the flood risk of the Colorado River. No publisher Matt Jenkins Pollution Uranium Moab Utah Atlas Minerals Corporation Atlas tailings pile uranium mining Colorado River water pollution radioactive waste mine tailings mining waste Bill Hedden Grand Canyon Trust Energy Department Bill Richardson Spencer Abraham Samuel Bodm 2010-02-05T09:24:30Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/291/15259 Anti-nuclear groups seek contract for Los Alamos National Laboratory; California ORVs to stay off desert tortoise habitat; factory-farm polluters immune to lawsuits; new Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. joins property-rights law firm in fight against mon No publisher Laura Paskus Los Alamos National Laboratory Energy Department Spencer Abraham University of California nuclear weapons Nuclear Watch of New Mexico Tri-Valley Community Against a Radioactive Environment Coalition to Demilitarize the University of California 2010-02-05T09:23:08Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/289/15199 The Energy Department is calling for public comment on its plans to clean up a 130-acre pile of uranium tailings and contaminated soils just upstream from Moab, Utah, on the Colorado River No publisher Deanna Belch Uranium Moab uranium tailings Atlas Mill Energy Department uranium mining hazardous waste groundwater contamination Colorado River Atlas Minerals Corporation 2010-02-05T09:22:41Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/288/15168 The Ambushed Jury by Wes McKinley and Caron Balkany tells how the federal government covered up nuclear crimes at the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant outside Denver No publisher Joshua Zaffos Weapons And Laboratories Rocky Flats nuclear safety nuclear weapons plants grand jury investigations Wes McKinley Caron Balkany Rockwell FBI groundwater contamination radioactive waste plutonium Justice Department Energy Department 2010-02-05T09:22:18Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/283/15015 Energy Department, Bechtel Jacobs mess up shipping of radioactive waste; Interior Department’s damaged records of Indian trust accounts; public comment time extended on Roadless Rule No publisher Laura Paskus Energy Department Waste Isolation Pilot Plant WIPP New Mexico Environment Department radioactive waste hazardous waste Nevada Test Site Bechtel Jacobs nuclear waste accidents mishaps Interior Department Indian trust accounts Royce Lamberth 2010-02-05T09:21:13Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/280/14931 Yucca Mountain’s 10,000-year safety standard is ruled arbitrary by a federal court, but the Energy Department remains determined to open the site as planned No publisher Ryan Slattery Waste Yucca Mountain Kevin Crowley nuclear waste radioactive waste spent fue rods nuclear power plants National Academy of Sciences Steve Frishman Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects Energy Department DOE Nuclear Energy Institute Steve Kraft Bob Lou 2010-02-05T09:20:45Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/278/14865 The Bush administration needs to start dealing with global climate change, and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger may help to point the way No publisher Jon Margolis Politics Congress Elected Officials Climate Change Bush administration global warming climate change Arnold Schwarzenegger John McCain Joseph Lieberman Senate House of Representatives Kyoto Protocol Environmental Protection Agency Jumbo Jimmy Durante Energy Department environmental 2010-02-05T09:58:09Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/263/14405 Former employees of Los Alamos National Laboratory are seeking information about and compensation for serious health problems caused by their work with radiation and other toxic materials No publisher Laura Paskus Health Problems nuclear weapons Los Alamos National Laboratory nuclear laboratories hazardous materials beryllium radiation chemical hazards Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Ken Silver Energy Department health impacts of toxic chemi 2010-02-05T09:55:25Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/260/14305 Beryllium contamination in a Las Vegas Energy Department complex may have come from a 1965 nuclear reactor explosion, some 85 miles away No publisher Puanani Mench Health Problems Beryllium nuclear contamination Nevada Test Site Kiwi experiment nuclear science Energy Department National Nuclear Security Administration 2010-02-05T10:13:58Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/328/16476 An ambitious plan to create new corridors for power lines and pipelines will make it easier for utility companies to tap into the West’s energy boom No publisher Allison Gerfin Energy Policy Power transmission Energy Policy Act of 2005 power lines pipelines power corridors electricity utilities public lands Bureau of Land Management Energy Department Geary Hund Wilderness Society wildlife migration wilderness Scott Powers Natio 2011-11-29T23:51:12Z News Article