http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.6/aspen-colo-environmental-community-split-over-small-hydro Reviving a small hydroelectric plant on Castle Creek was supposed to help the city's utility get closer to providing 100 percent carbon free electricity as part of an effort to fight climate change. Instead, it's kicked up a furor. No publisher Allen Best Aspen American Rivers Climate Change Trout Unlimited Connie Harvey Canary Initiative Small hydro 2013-04-24T15:12:09Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/smug-alert None of us are without sin when it comes to using energy. No publisher Allen Best 2013-04-26T16:32:53Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/keystone-xl-is-still-a-questionable-pipeline As the pipeline route is decided, ranchers worry about impacts to water quality in the case of spills No publisher Allen Best Nebraska Farmers Union Keystone XL Kalamazoo oil spill oil spills 2012-10-09T20:36:10Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/global-climate-change-we-need-to-talk-about-it It's hard for journalists to talk about climate change, but they need to keep telling the story, especially when writing about natural disasters. No publisher Allen Best natural disaster wildfire Kevin Trenberth climate change media and climate change journalism megafire weather and climate 2012-07-24T17:03:30Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/sometimes-environmentalists-miss-the-boat Colorado environmentalists goofed when they opposed a bill that would have harnessed the methane produced by coal mines as a form of renewable energy. No publisher Allen Best Colorado Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard Coal mines Electricity Climate change Hot Times Holy Cross Energy Randy Udall Global warming BLM Tom Vessels Renewable energy Fossil fuels Methane 2012-07-16T17:53:45Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.4/unfinished-zombie-housing-developments-haunt-the-rural-west Lack of planning rules and the housing bubble led to dead subdivisions plaguing the West, especially in Teton County, Idaho, where locals are trying to deal with the impacts of the real estate bust, yet still arguing if planning even works. No publisher Allen Best planning regulations Teton County demographics real estate boom zoning recession Idaho real estate bust sprawl and development 2012-03-12T14:59:10Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/a-ski-town-contributes-mightily-to-paleontology The fossils found near Colorado's Snowmass Village have a lot to teach us: not just about mastodons and mammoths, but also about the climate and ecosystem that existed tens of thousands of years ago. No publisher Allen Best mammoths fossils paleontology climate change late Tertiary biology Jefferson’s ground sloth extinct species Mastodons fossil digs prehistoric wildlife Denver Museum of Nature & Science ice-age bison Kirk Johnson Columbian mammoths 2012-01-11T17:04:12Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/the-gift-of-runoff-in-a-wet-season After too many recent dry years, residents of the Rocky Mountains are relishing the music of running water. No publisher Allen Best Rocky Mountains climate change snowpack rain rivers Water drought 2011-07-20T14:59:51Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/three-cups-of-tea-the-sequel The fallout from the fracas over Greg Mortenson's book, "Three Cups of Tea," ranges from Afghanistan to Montana and the Mountainfilm Festival in Telluride, Colo. No publisher Allen Best scandals Tim DeChristopher Greg Mortenson Telluride Mountainfilm Three Cups of Tea Jon Krakauer 2011-05-13T14:11:01Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/dont-blame-it-all-on-global-climate-change Climate change is a problem, but that doesn’t mean it’s responsible for every bad thing that happens in the West. No publisher Allen Best bark beetles Climate change Hot Times wildfires global warming drought cloud seeding 2011-10-10T18:35:28Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.11/compassionate-listening-fierce-conversation Photographer Meredith Ogilby and writer Corinne Platt interview 49 Western "heavy-lifters" in their new book, Voices of the American West. No publisher Allen Best Voices of the American West Corinne Platt interviews portrait photographers nonfiction Westerners oral history Meredith Ogilby 2010-06-15T22:49:56Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/heres-to-a-water-czar-with-the-unlikely-name-of-chips The late "Chips" Barry, executive director of Denver Water Board, changed that formidable institution for the best. No publisher Allen Best Two Forks xeriscaping Colorado water law Denver Water Board dams and water projects Chips Barry water conservation 2010-05-25T20:23:45Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.9/clean-air-hazy-politics A new Colorado air quality law pits coal against natural gas -- and rural environmentalists against urban ones. No publisher Allen Best Clean Air Clean Jobs Act air pollution coal mines Bill Ritter natural gas drilling Colorado Mining Association 2010-05-18T19:32:22Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/between-the-grims-and-the-grins-1 We will need humility as well as technology to triumph over climate change. No publisher Allen Best Amory Lovins climate change energy Global warming technological innovation James Howard Kunstler scientists 2010-03-30T17:47:43Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/republicans-face-an-uncertain-battle-for-governor Democratic Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper's decision to run for governor of Colorado may throw a spanner into Republican plans to re-take the West. No publisher Allen Best Colorado governor race Republican Party Western politics Bill Ritter John Hickenlooper Democratic Party Scott McInnis 2010-03-02T15:12:56Z News Article