High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 6. Walking on a Wire http://www.hcn.org/issues/372/17749 Los Angeles needs green power, but some environmentalists are up in arms over plans to build transmission lines across the Mojave Desert. No publisher Judith Lewis Los Angeles Department of Deserts Water and Power Colorado Desert Mojave Desert Sunrise Powerlink Wildlands Conservancy Salton Sea geothermal green power transmission lines The Green Path North H. David Nahai 2010-07-22T22:02:21Z News Article Industry walks a fuzzy line between preservation and extortion http://www.hcn.org/issues/303/15685 EnCana Oil and Gas offers to pay for offsite mitigation in Wyoming in exchange for intensive drilling rights in the Jonah Field No publisher Whitney Royster EnCana Jonah Field Wil grouse The Oil And Gas Dave Freudenthal energy industry Jeff Johnson well pads wildlife habitat directional drilling sage BLM Oil and gas industry Peter Aengst drilling offsite mitigation Don Simpson pronghorn land preservation 2012-04-09T19:07:33Z News Article The Tamarisk Hunter http://www.hcn.org/issues/325/16378 In the desert Southwest of 2030 Big Daddy Drought runs the show, California claims all the water, and a water tick named Lolo ekes out a rugged living removing tamarisk. No publisher Paolo Bacigalupi The 1922 Colorado River Compact irrigation sci-fi rights imagined futures Science Tamarisk Hunter tamarisk California water law water Science fiction Paolo Bacigalupi Weather future scenarios Climate Change Dams and Water Supply Projects drought fiction short stories SF 2011-11-12T21:30:05Z News Article Another near-death experience for environmentalism http://www.hcn.org/issues/357/17306 Environmental contrarians Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger jump back into the fray with a new book, Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility. No publisher Brian Kevin climate Break Through Death of Environmentalism The Michael Shellenberger environmental movement change Ted Nordhaus 2010-08-11T22:57:12Z News Article Borders and saints http://www.hcn.org/issues/357/17303 Latino writer Luis Alberto Urrea talks about the border and remembers the women in his family who inspired him. No publisher Jennie Lay U.S.-Mexico border Hummingbird’s Daughter Devil’s Highway illegal immigrants Teresa Urrea Latino writers The Luis Alberto Urrea 2010-08-11T22:14:46Z News Article Will Montanans reject their bagman? http://www.hcn.org/issues/330/16543 Even Montanans critical of Sen. Conrad Burns admit he’s a genius at bringing home the pork – a fact that may make it harder for his Democratic challenger, Jon Tester, in the November election. No publisher Ray Ring State University pork funding NASA Jon Tester Democratic Party Elections Gary Strobel federal money political scandals Tax Foundation Montana Montana politics Nat Conrad Burns Jerry Calvert Party political appropriations Republican Jack Abramoff The 2010-10-26T22:26:06Z News Article