http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/wotr/you-gotta-dream-big-when-you-dream-about-oil-shale Why not mine oil shale here in the West, but send it off to be processed somewhere else? No publisher Ed Quillen energy industry oil shale mining kerogen 2010-02-05T08:50:47Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/14130 Steve Voynick praises Elko, Nevada, for getting ready for the inevitable gold-mining bust. No publisher Steve Voynick gold mining mining gold gold mining bust 2010-02-05T09:28:53Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.12/the-global-west/when-the-locals-dont-want-your-coal-sell-it-overseas Global markets could keep Powder River Basin coal flowing overseas for decades to come. No publisher Jonathan Thompson Powder River Basin mining natural resource exports energy production coal global economy China extractive industries coal mining Black Thunder/Jacobs Mine 2011-07-21T21:32:12Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/articles/theres-still-gold-in-them-thar-hills Soaring prices are driving a new gold rush -- among mining behemoths and small-time prospectors. No publisher Cally Carswell mining gold high country views west of 100 podcast gold prospecting podcast highcountryviews 2012-05-22T17:35:33Z Audio http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.12/the-return-of-the-lords-of-yesterday The West's once-faltering extractive economy is roaring back to life, powered by the energy needs of developing countries like China. No publisher Paul Larmer multinational corporations mining Western economy oil and gas Jonathan Thompson Energy production coal global economy China extractive industries 2011-07-21T21:25:38Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/the-return-of-the-lords-of-yesterday The Old West-style extractive economy is roaring back to life, powered by the insatiable energy needs of countries like China. No publisher Paul Larmer mining Western economy oil and gas amenity economy Wyoming Energy production Douglas coal global economy China extractive industries Charles Wilkinson Chesapeake Energy 2011-08-16T21:55:03Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.12/the-global-west China's insatiable energy appetite is fueling a natural resource boom in the West. No publisher Jonathan Thompson multinational corporations mining Western economy oil and gas Wyoming Energy production Douglas coal global economy China extractive industries natural resource exports 2012-03-02T01:44:17Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/14221 Mike Dombeck and Chris Wood blast the Bush administration for trying to mine the West’s untouched public lands No publisher Mike Dombeck and Chris Wood Public Lands mining Bush public land 2010-02-05T09:29:12Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/274/14744 A new report from Earthworks and Oxfam America, Dirty Metals: Mining, Communities and the Environment, details the waste and pollution produced by modern mining No publisher Jodi Peterson Pollution mining pollution cyanide hazardous waste gold jewelry metals Oxfam America Earthworks Mineral Policy Center Payal Sampat Carlin Trend 2010-02-05T09:57:17Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/articles/17224 In southern Colorado, conservation groups find a way to save 9,000 high-altitude acres from second-home development. No publisher Morgan Heim and Jonathan Thompson Access And Inholding mining development mining claims second homes conservation Trust for Public Land 2010-02-05T09:40:03Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/309/15892 Recovering the Sacred, by environmental and Indian rights activist Winona LaDuke, examines the struggle of American Indians to reclaim their sacred sites and beliefs No publisher Staff Indian Culture Winona LaDuke Green Party Ojibwe Native Americans Indian women activists sacred sites Indian beliefs Indian spirituality Native American religion Indian rights personal history logging mining exploitation of native peoples 2010-02-05T08:31:33Z 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/43.6/rare-earth-reality-check Suddenly, everyone is eyeing the West's rare-earth deposits, but mining and processing the metals will not be easy. No publisher Joshua Zaffos mining rare earth oxides Mountain Pass Mine Bear Lodge Mine Rare earth metals Rare Element Resources manufacturing 2011-04-25T14:22:52Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/281/14975 Mining claims, hardrock mining, public lands, Environmental Working Group, Western Mining Action Project, Roger Flynn, National Mining Association, Luke Popovich No publisher Jodi Peterson BLM The Wilderness Society BLM Action Center Bureau of Land Management public lands oil and gas drilling grazing logging mining Bill Beagle 2010-02-05T09:21:01Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/268/14564 The environmental records of federal judges are briefly examined, including Dee Benson, Don Molloy, Alan Angus McDonald, B. Lynn Winmill, Michael Hogan, Edward Lodge, Clarence Brimmer, James Parker and Sam Haddon No publisher Ray Ring Judicial System Judicial system court system federal judges Dee Benson Don Molloy Alan Angus McDonald B. Lynn Winmill Michael Hogan Edward Lodge Clarence Brimmer James Parker Sam Haddon logging mining endangered species Hanford downwinders 2010-02-05T09:56:16Z News Article