http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 11. http://www.hcn.org/issues/291/15265 Los Angeles has decided to pull out of a deal to expand a coal-fired power plant in Delta, Utah, using the money for renewable energy instead No publisher Deanna Belch Renewable Energy Los Angeles City Council Mayor James Hahn renewable energy coal-fired power plants wind energy biogas hydroelectric 2010-02-05T09:23:12Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/289/15199 The Energy Department is calling for public comment on its plans to clean up a 130-acre pile of uranium tailings and contaminated soils just upstream from Moab, Utah, on the Colorado River No publisher Deanna Belch Uranium Moab uranium tailings Atlas Mill Energy Department uranium mining hazardous waste groundwater contamination Colorado River Atlas Minerals Corporation 2010-02-05T09:22:41Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/289/15188 As soon as the National Park Service announced its new snowmobile rules – which slightly reduce the number of vehicles allowed in Yellowstone and Grand Teton – lawsuits began flying from both sides of the political divide No publisher Deanna Belch Recreation Off-Road Vehicles Tourism And Recreation Yellowstone National Park Grand Teton National Park snowmobiles National Park Service snowmobile rules Greater Yellowstone Coalition 2010-02-05T09:22:35Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/289/15187 Despite nearly unanimous support for designating the Ojito Wilderness Area, New Mexico Sen. Pete Domenici, R, is stalling over reserved water rights and – according to critics – trying to undermine the Wilderness Act No publisher Deanna Belch Wilderness Legislation Ojito Wilderness Study Area Pete Domenici Wilderness Act reserved water rights New Mexico Wilderness Alliance Steve Capra Tom Udall Heather Wilson 2010-02-05T09:22:34Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/289/15182 The omnibus appropriations bill just passed by Congress contained more than a few anti-environmental riders, but not all of them survived for the president’s pen to sign No publisher Deanna Belch Congress omnibus appropriations bill spending bill riders Conrad Burns Pete Domenici Randy Moorman Earthjustice Ralph Regula fee demo Yellowstone snowmobiles Larry Craig Gordon Smith salvage logging Dianne Feinstein Endangered Species Act K 2010-02-05T09:22:23Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/288/15158 A new California law requires all homes in the state to use water meters by 2025 No publisher Deanna Belch water California Legislature utilities water meters Arnold Schwarzenegger rights Sacramento water conservation water use California water law San Diego County Friends of the River 2012-04-11T18:22:38Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/287/15144 The National Audubon Society’s 2004 State of the Birds report assesses worrisome population changes for 450 non-game birds No publisher Deanna Belch Birds National Audubon Society birds bird populations endangered species threatened species wildlife habitat bobolink mountain plover John Bianchi 2010-02-05T09:22:07Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/287/15143 The Environmental Integrity Project has issued a new report on power plant emissions called Gaming the System: How the Off-the-Books Industrial Upset Emissions Cheat the Public Out of Clean Air No publisher Deanna Belch Air Pollution Power plants air pollution upset emissions Environmental Integrity Project hazardous chemicals public health regulatory loopholes 2010-02-05T09:22:06Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/287/15136 The Lewis and Clark Mount Hood Wilderness Act would allow mountain bikers and chain saws into a proposed Oregon wilderness No publisher Deanna Belch Legislation Wilderness Mount Hood Ron Wyden Lewis and Clark Mount Hood Wilderness Act of 2004 mountain bikers Hood-PDX Hood Pedalers Demonstration Project International Mountain Biking Association Bob Friemark Wilderness Society Scott Silver Wild Wilder 2010-02-05T09:22:03Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/287/15134 A short guide to the highlights of election results from contests around the West. No publisher Deanna Belch, Lissa James Current Events Elections Rick Renzi Paul Babbitt Arizona Proposition 200 California Proposition 64 Indian gaming Proposition 70 genetically engineered crops Ken Salazar Pete Coors John Salazar Colorado Amendment 37 Mike Crapo cyanide heap-leach mining Montana I- 2010-02-05T09:22:02Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/282/14986 HCN’s upcoming potluck is in Portland; new interns Deanna Belch and Lissa James; and corrections No publisher Deanna Belch, Lissa James and Matt Jenkins High Country News Dear Friends Lissa James Deanna Belch Diana Tomback Richard Mayol Grand Canyon Trust Mexican spotted owl Kane Ranch Arizona 2010-02-05T09:21:04Z News Article