http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.18/utahs-ancient-lake-bonneville-holds-clues-to-the-wests-changing-climate In Utah, scientists are exploring the site of a long-vanished inland sea called Lake Bonneville to understand the West's past - and future - climate. No publisher Douglas Fox Great Salt Lake climate science Hot Times geologists Donner Party weather Jack Oviatt Heinrich Events tufa ice age Western weather Lake Bonneville climate predictions greenhouse gases Great Basin mineral bathtub rings Cathedral Cave Hadley cell global warming David McGee Jay Quade Guleed Ali Silver Island Range paleogeology climate historians 2011-11-07T15:28:17Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.18/western-scientists-study-the-past-to-predict-the-future Scientists are digging into the past of the West to try to understand what the future may bring. No publisher Michelle Nijhuis George Savile tree-ring science Lake Bonneville climate science greenhouse gases Methuselah Grove climate predictions Douglas Fox global warming paleogeology weather geologists bristlecone pines Western weather climate historians 2011-10-26T22:06:11Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/this-earth-day-its-all-about-the-air If you can take a nice deep breath and enjoy a clear blue sky, thank the Clean Air Act. No publisher Tim Lydon Clean Air Act Republicans air pollution climate change Earth Day greenhouse gases Democrats environmental movement EPA 2011-04-19T18:10:13Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.14/mission-critical-can-natural-gas-save-the-world With global warming threatening the planet, even environmentalists are looking more kindly at natural gas. No publisher Randy Udall greenhouse gases natural gas climate change Bill Ritter coal energy industry carbon emissions 2010-02-05T08:50:33Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/17363 Allen Best applauds Kansas for denying permits to two proposed coal-fired power plants because of concerns about greenhouse gases. No publisher Allen Best Allen Best Holcomb Kansas coal-fired power plants greenhouse gases air quality 2010-02-05T09:28:40Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/17272 Russ Doty compares the government subsidies given to wind power with those given to coal, and finds that coal is the true welfare king. No publisher Russ Doty Russ Doty coal-fired power plants wind power energy subsidies greenhouse gases climate change 2010-02-05T09:44:39Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/308/15850 With the federal government dragging its feet, Western states are beginning to take action to deal with greenhouse gas emissions and global warming No publisher April Reese Politics State Legislatures Climate Change Global warming climate change state legislatures federal government renewable energy greenhouse gases renewable portfolio standards Janet Napolitano Arnold Schwarzenegger Bill Richardson Dirk Kempthorne ethanol alternative fuels public transp Science 2010-02-05T08:31:20Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/329/16509 With global warming an increasing threat, some are urging a return to nuclear energy, but the industry’s own checkered past reminds us that a nuclear renaissance will be neither easy nor cheap No publisher Jonathan Thompson coal power radioactive waste Greenpeace Uranium Uravan Three Mile Island fossil fuels Clean and Mining Safe Energy Coalition uranium Nuclear energy Science Chernobyl Ukraine mining Climate Change Patrick Moore greenhouse gases global warming Energy Policy Department of Energy Energy Nuclear Energy George W. Bush 2011-12-09T18:04:52Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/345/16970 California and the West decide to tackle global warming through the market – by buying and selling carbon No publisher Oakley Brooks greenhouse gases Winston Hickox logging Science carbon sinks carbon dioxide Climate change Companies industrial forests Global warming Stewardship Council Protection Age Wade Mosby Forest climate change Collins California Environmental carbon markets Almanor Forest 2010-08-06T21:43:16Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/344/16956 In Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America’s Energy Future, Jeff Goodell reveals how the sausage is made when it comes to the primary source of America’s electricity. No publisher Allen Best mercury Bush administration power energy use electricity pollution coal mines greenhouse gases global warming Coal America’s Energy Future Jeff Goodell coal appliances carbon dioxide climate change Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind power plants 2010-08-06T22:44:57Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/342/16894 Western governors go green; King Coal gets hammered; Divine Strake strikes out; Colorado cons on the North Forty; Mother Nature’s bodyguards; Western wagering data; and energy use and Bush approval: a case of eerie symmetry. No publisher Jonathan Thompson cap and trade carbon programs Department of Energy climate change Western Governors’ Association greenhouse gases Energy Policy Act of 2005 global warming coal River Basin Judy Greenwald Pew Center on Global Climate US. Congress Change Powder 2010-08-13T23:01:17Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/358/17354 Allen Best applauds Kansas for denying permits to two proposed coal-fired power plants because of concerns about greenhouse gases. No publisher Allen Best air quality Kansas greenhouse gases Holcomb Allen Best coal-fired power plants 2010-08-09T23:03:03Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/330/16558 California’s decision to tackle global warming is a sign that the West is finally growing up enough to realize that it is not an "exceptional" place, entirely detached from the rest of the modern world. No publisher Matt Jenkins Legacy of Conquest exceptionali California Legislature Schwarzenegger California Chamber of Commerce climate change Western history Global greenhouse gases Global warming Old West New West Arnold Science Warming Solutions Act State legislatures Patricia Limerick Western 2010-10-26T22:42:33Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/301/15620 Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels is striving to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and make his city environmentally sustainable No publisher J.M. McCord Science Climate Change Communities In Transition Seattle Washington Greg Nickels mayors Kyoto Protocol global warming climate change greenhouse gases sustainability energy pollution Denis Hayes Orin Smith Seattle City Light hydropower wind power 2005 City Livability Award environmentali 2011-05-16T22:59:56Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/290/15232 Like tree rings, ice cores create a record of the climate of the past, and the National Ice Core Laboratory in Denver houses the largest collection of polar ice cores in the world No publisher Allen Best Greenland David Naftz Science Climate Change Hot Times greenhouse gases Antarctica global warming National Ice Core Laboratory paleoclimatology U.S. Geological Survey Cravens glaciers climate change James White Eric 2010-09-30T15:48:26Z News Article