High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 151 to 165. Who’s at the helm? http://www.hcn.org/issues/259/14269 While Congress debates whether Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt should take over the Environmental Protection Agency, the agency itself plows ahead in an anti-environmental direction No publisher Laura Paskus Environmental Protection Agency EPA Mike Leavitt Clear Skies Initiative Bush administration Superfund Christine Todd Whitman 2010-02-05T10:13:48Z News Article Follow-up http://www.hcn.org/issues/258/14239 Navajos shortchanged by oil and gas companies; Department of Homeland Security buys Playas, N.M., as training ground for response to terrorist attacks; Earthjustice sues to get details on Interior Secretary Gale Norton’s anti-wilderness deal with Utah Gov No publisher Laura Paskus Navajo Nation oil and gas pipelines Homeland Security Phelps Dodge Playas N.M. Earthjustice Gale Norton Mike Leavitt Utah wilderness Center for Biological Diversity Kieran Suckling 2010-02-05T10:13:40Z News Article Burning one for the road http://www.hcn.org/issues/258/14267 The Earth Liberation Front takes credit for vandalizing Hummers and SUVs at Southern California car dealerships, and an SUV-owners’ group says environmentalists are to blame No publisher Laura Paskus Environmental Ecoterrorism Earth Liberation Front ELF environmental groups SUVs Hummers SUVOA SUV Owners of America Advocacy Groups 2010-02-05T10:13:40Z News Article Follow-up http://www.hcn.org/issues/256/14164 Salt River Project pulls plug on Zuni strip mine; three dams to come down on Northern California’s Mokelumne River; Forest Service burns through firefighting budget; and Karl Rove pushed Interior to give Klamath River water to irrigators No publisher Laura Paskus Zuni Reservation strip mine Mokelumne River dams Forest Service firefighting budget Karl Rove Klamath River fish kill 2010-02-05T10:13:13Z News Article Energy bill will likely boost drilling in the Rockies http://www.hcn.org/issues/256/14163 The West is likely to be the loser under the new energy bill just passed by Congress No publisher Laura Paskus Energy Policy Energy bill oil and gas drilling Bush’s energy policy 2010-02-05T10:13:12Z News Article Red Earth: desert poems resurrected http://www.hcn.org/issues/255/14150 Santa Fe writer Alice Corbin’s Red Earth: Poems of New Mexico, is republished in a beautifully illustrated new edition No publisher Laura Paskus Poetry New Mexico Alice Corbin 2010-02-05T10:13:05Z News Article The Latest Bounce http://www.hcn.org/issues/255/14137 Judge rules against Clinton’s Roadless Rule; New Mexico calls off coyote hunt; Interior Secretary Gale Norton not accountable for Indian trust funds; Joshua Hills development in California stops; and Office of the Special Counsel has backlog of whistleblo No publisher Laura Paskus Clinton Roadless Rule Gale Norton whistleblower 2010-02-05T10:13:01Z News Article Truce remains elusive in Rio Grande water fight http://www.hcn.org/issues/255/14136 As drought dries up the Rio Grande, New Mexico’s congressional delegation goes after a court decision upholding the endangered silvery minnow’s right to water No publisher Laura Paskus Rio Grande silvery minnow irrigation water rights fish 2010-02-05T10:13:01Z News Article Follow-up http://www.hcn.org/issues/254/14092 Klamath farmers have to cut back on water; hunters asked to use lead-free ammo to protect condors; Interior Department forms new appraisal office for land swaps; Indian activist Russell Means crashes NPS dedication of Little Big Horn Memorial No publisher Laura Paskus 2010-02-05T10:12:49Z News Article ‘Jeopardy’ opinions go the way of the dodo http://www.hcn.org/issues/253/14063 'Jeopardy' opinions, only issued when a project could drive a species into extinction, heighten conflict between conservationists and industry, and also between the Fish and Wildlife service and other agencies. No publisher Laura Paskus 2010-02-05T10:12:46Z News Article Have no doubts, go higher http://www.hcn.org/issues/253/14076 The anthology When in Doubt, Go Higher gathers thoughtful and adventurous essays from the Colorado monthly magazine The Mountain Gazette No publisher Laura Paskus 2010-02-05T10:12:44Z News Article State gets its way on a national refuge http://www.hcn.org/issues/253/14065 Political pressure is affecting the way the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service manages its wildlife refuges, including the National Elk Refuge in Wyoming No publisher Laura Paskus 2010-02-05T10:12:40Z News Article Off-roaders smash science http://www.hcn.org/issues/253/14064 Pressure from ORV groups ended the temporary closure of part of California’s Algodones Dunes to protect the Peirson’s milk-vetch No publisher Laura Paskus 2010-02-05T10:12:39Z News Article Are minnow scientists still under the gun? http://www.hcn.org/issues/253/14062 Conservationists say Fish and Wildlife scientists bowed to political pressure when they made decisions about keeping water in New Mexico’s Rio Grande for the endangered silvery minnow No publisher Laura Paskus 2010-02-05T10:12:38Z News Article Who needs critical habitat? http://www.hcn.org/issues/253/14061 Environmentalists say the Interior Department has deliberately created a budget crisis, and is using it to avoid making critical-habitat designations No publisher Laura Paskus 2010-02-05T10:12:37Z News Article