http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 61 to 75. http://www.hcn.org/issues/317/16143 White Pine County, Nev., seeks federal help to fight Las Vegas groundwater grab; fired workers suddenly regain jobs at National Renewable Energy Laboratory; marijuana is Washington’s No. 8 agricultural product No publisher Matt Jenkins White Pine County Nevada Las Vegas groundwater pumping federal preserves Great Basin National Park Great Sand Dunes National Park San Luis Valley Colorado George W. Bush National Renewable Energy Laboratory Golden Congress budget f 2010-02-05T08:57:06Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/317/16148 Citizens use a little-known legal doctrine called qui tam to fight energy company profiteering – and make money in the process No publisher Matt Jenkins Oil and Gas Bobby L. Maxwell energy companies profiteering qui tam legal doctrines Minerals Management Service Kerr-McGee energy royalties tax cheats federal royalty payments New York Times House Resources Committee Richard Pombo Michael Porter False Cl 2012-02-24T20:24:08Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/316/16111 The seven states of the Colorado River Basin have come to a groundbreaking agreement that, among other things, will allow cities such as Las Vegas to lease water from out-of-state farms during times of drought No publisher Matt Jenkins Colorado River Compact water supply Las Vegas Nevada Colorado River Basin Patricia Mulroy drought Southern Nevada Water Authority Gale Norton Lake Mead Lake Powell water leasing farm water groundwater Virgin River Muddy River Imperial Vall 2010-02-05T08:56:56Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/315/16082 The San Francisco Bay-Delta Authority votes to disband, even as the Bay-Delta itself -- beset by high water exports, disappearing fish and declining water quality – may be dying No publisher Matt Jenkins Fish Endangered Riparian Areas and Wetlands San Francisco Bay-Delta CALFED Bay-Delta Authority water wars Arnold Schwarzenegger Delta smelt salmon endangered fish water quality water use water exports California Water Commission Lois Wolk copepods threadfin striped bass California D 2010-02-05T08:56:48Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/315/16080 Pete McCloskey plans run against Rep. Richard Pombo; 11 alleged eco-terrorists indicted; BLM gives six companies chance to work on oil shale production; Gray Development buys expensive state land in north Phoenix. No publisher Matt Jenkins Pete McCloskey Richard Pombo Republicans Endangered Species Act elections eco-terrorism Alberto Gonzales Earth Liberation Front Animal Liberation Front Vail arson BLM oil shale Oil Shale Exploration Oil-Tech Chevron ExxonMobil Shell EGL R 2010-02-05T08:56:47Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/314/16041 Petroglyph boulders moved for controversial Albuquerque highway; Hilmar Cheese can drill "test well" for its wastewater; Richard Pombo’s plan to fast-track oil shale stymied; wilderness vs. helicopter skiing in Wyoming No publisher Matt Jenkins Petroglyph National Monument rock art Albuquerque road building highway construction EPA Hilmar Cheese cheese wastewater Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board groundwater contamination Rep. Richard Pombo oil shale energy industry 2010-02-05T08:56:32Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/313/16009 A federal judge has ordered the government to buy back offshore oil and gas leases that energy companies say can’t be developed, leading some to wonder if the BLM will have to do the same with leases in potential wilderness areas No publisher Matt Jenkins Public Lands BLM Oil and Gas Eric Bruggink offshore drilling oil and gas leases energy industry Peter Douglas California Coastal Commission Peter Aengst The Wilderness Society Tom Sansonetti Gale Norton Mike Leavitt Earthjustice public lands wilderness areas Dee Be 2010-02-05T08:56:26Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/313/16004 Concerned citizens overflow a meeting in Delta, Colo., as a crucial deadline for protecting roadless areas in national forests nears No publisher Matt Jenkins Roads and Roadless Areas Roadless national forests Forest Service BlueRibbon Coalition Brian Hawthorn citizen activists Western Colorado Congress off-road vehicles Clinton roadless rule Clinton administration Bush administration George W. Bush Ann Veneman Department o 2010-02-05T08:56:24Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/312/15977 As energy companies go after "unconventional" natural gas – such as tight-sands gas and coalbed methane –the environmental impacts are becoming increasingly apparent No publisher Matt Jenkins Coalbed Methane Upper Green River Basin Wyoming tight-sands gas Questar Corporation Pinedale deep well Department of Energy Piceance Basin Colorado Uinta Basin Utah San Juan Basin New Mexico unconventional gas coalbed methane Paul Matheny Jonah tight-gas f 2010-02-05T08:56:14Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/312/15966 The end of the oil and gas era may be in sight, but the current energy boom in the West means that a rough and wild ride is still ahead No publisher Matt Jenkins Oil and Gas Hurricanes Gulf Coast oil refineries gas prices petroleum oil production oil executives price gouging profiteering M. King Hubbert peak oil imported oil BP ExxonMobil Lee Raymond Western oil reserves Bureau of Land Management drill rigs d 2010-02-05T08:56:05Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/311/15942 Richard Pombo wants new offshore drilling; Nevada gold mines spew mercury across West; grazing fees don’t pay for program; judge slams Forest Service over refusal to look at environmental impacts of fire retardant No publisher Matt Jenkins Richard Pombo offshore drilling drilling royalties gold mining mercury Nevada mining Idaho Department of Environmental Quality Salmon Falls Creek Reservoir water pollution grazing fees public lands grazing Government Accountability Office Fore 2010-02-05T08:31:55Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/310/15906 Assistant Interior Secretary Rebecca Watson resigns; Texas oil baron Oscar Wyatt indicted in Iraq oil-for-food scandal; Congress won’t fund "bunker buster" nukes; Fish and Wildlife OK with lynx mortality at proposed Wolf Creek ski village No publisher Matt Jenkins Bureau of Land Management Interior Department Rebecca Watson oil and gas industry drilling permits Gale Norton George W. Bush Bush environmental policy Oscar Wyatt oil-for-food program Saddam Hussein political scandals indictments Book Cliffs 2010-02-05T08:31:37Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/309/15871 Whistleblower Earle Dixon’s complaint denied; Colorado moose has chronic wasting disease; Colorado wind power gets cheaper than traditional electricity; court nixes BuRec’s 10-year Klamath River plan No publisher Matt Jenkins Bureau of Land Management Earle Dixon whistleblowers Department of Labor mine reclamation radioactive waste copper mining mine cleanups Yerington Nevada moose chronic wasting disease Rocky Mountain National Park wildlife wind power Colorado 2010-02-05T08:31:26Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/307/15810 U.S. Geological Survey gets Yucca Mountain research funding cut; logging halted on Giant Sequoia National Monument; New Mexican politicians fight proposal to drill in Valle Vidal No publisher Matt Jenkins U.S. Geological Survey Yucca Mountain scientific research budget cuts safety issues Forest Service Department of Energy Giant Sequoia National Monument logging Sequoia National Forest Valle Vidal oil and gas drilling El Paso Corporation Tom U 2010-02-05T09:26:28Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/306/15789 Nevada is fighting with the four Upper Basin states of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico over its right to use water from the Colorado River’s tributaries, in particular the Virgin and the Muddy rivers No publisher Matt Jenkins Dams And Water Supply Projects Patricia Mulroy Southern Nevada Water Authority water supply projects Colorado River Compact Colorado River Basin Jim Lochhead tributaries BLM Virgin River Muddy River Eric Kuhn Colorado River Water Conservation District Scott Balcomb Gale No 2012-03-05T23:19:08Z News Article