http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 7. http://www.hcn.org/issues/314/16064 Infrastructure: A Field Guide to the Industrial Landscape by Brian Hayes is a wonderfully conversational explanation of everything one sees along the highway that isn’t natural No publisher Michelle Nijhuis Land Use and Planning Brian Hayes industry power plants highways field guides Infrastructure: A Field Guide to the Industrial Landscape factories mining waterworks energy grid communications transportation waste recycling technology highway overpasses substatio 2010-02-05T08:56:40Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/304/15715 The military’s plan to close Cannon Air Force Base is being fought by nearby Clovis, N.M., a community that, like many in the West, has become spectacularly dependent on a single industry No publisher Paul Larmer Military; Military Bases And Other Lands Communities in Transition Paonia Colorado Clovis New Mexico Cannon AFB socio-economics rural communities small towns economies industry coal mining economic dependence Western towns U.S. military base closures 2010-02-05T09:25:55Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/294/15384 In State of the World 2005, the Worldwatch Institute takes a hard look at important issues from nuclear weapons proliferation to renewable energy No publisher Staff Politics Socio-Economics Worldwatch Institute politics globalization nuclear weapons proliferation renewable energy water conservation. terrorism contemporary culture consumerism socio-economics world problems corporations industry 2010-02-05T09:24:04Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/293/15347 In The Last Refuge: Patriotism, Politics, and the Environment in an Age of Terror, David Orr takes a hard look at our extract-and-consume lifestye, and examines the ways in which it makes us vulnerable No publisher Staff Politics Socio-Economics terrorism contemporary culture consumerism socio-economics patriotism corporations industry 2010-02-05T09:23:54Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/317/16139 Faced with rising temperatures and a passive federal government, Western towns such as Aspen, Colo., are beginning to work out a local approach to combating global warming No publisher Michelle Nijhuis Aspen ski resort Recreation Ski Industry warming temperatures John Worcester Science industry scientists skiing National Center for Atmospheric Research Global warming Weather Intergovernmental Pa socio-economics Climate Change climate change Rush Limbaugh climatology Gerald Meehl Hot Times snow conditions 2012-02-24T19:37:28Z 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/370/17687 An energy boom of unprecedented proportions is transforming western Colorado towns like Rifle, which just recently recovered from the last big energy boom – and a catastrophic bust. No publisher Francisco Tharp Western Slope of Colorado extractive industry Colorado energy boom small town life oil shale bust energy oil and gas drilling boom and bust Socio-economics Rifle Communities amenity economy industry economy 2010-07-26T22:28:03Z News Article