http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/wotr/15674 The writer says Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels is modest but also fierce when it comes to combating global warming No publisher J.M. McCord Climate Change 2010-02-05T09:47:13Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/301/15620 Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels is striving to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and make his city environmentally sustainable No publisher J.M. McCord Science Climate Change Communities In Transition Seattle Washington Greg Nickels mayors Kyoto Protocol global warming climate change greenhouse gases sustainability energy pollution Denis Hayes Orin Smith Seattle City Light hydropower wind power 2005 City Livability Award environmentali 2011-05-16T22:59:56Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/300/15577 With prices rising and government support, uranium mining is booming in western Colorado No publisher J.M. McCord Uranium Idaho Department of Water Resources Eastern Snake River Plain Aquifer drought water management irrigation groundwater surface water farming water use salmon Karl Dreher Lynn Tominaga Idaho Groundwater Appropriators Association Barbara Cosens 2011-03-18T23:34:57Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/299/15539 In the North Fruita Desert of western Colorado, the BLM has come up with a plan to enable motorized and non-motorized recreationists to share the outdoors No publisher Jodi Peterson and J.M. McCord Public Lands BLM Off Road Vehicles Outdoor recreation public lands North Fruita Desert mountain bikers off-highway vehicles ORVs hikers horseback riders land management Jim Cooper Grand Junction BLM office off-roaders 2010-02-05T09:24:54Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/297/15481 A judge rules that constructing the Rock Creek Mine would jeopardize threatened populations of grizzly and bull trout in the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness of Montana No publisher J.M. McCord Wilderness Wilderness Areas Gold Rock Creek Mine Cabinet Mountains Wilderness Area grizzly bears bull trout hard-rock mining gold mines silver mines Revett Minerals Troy Mine William Orchow Donald Molloy wilderness protection endangered species threatened species water poll 2010-02-05T09:24:34Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/297/15480 A recent experimental flood from Glen Canyon Dam may have killed endangered native humpback chub in the Colorado River through Grand Canyon No publisher J.M. McCord Water Dams And Water Projects Endangered Colorado River Little Colorado River Glen Canyon Dam Grand Canyon humpback chub dams water projects floods endangered fish Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center Lew Coggines Joe Shannon aquatic ecology Northern Arizona University 2010-02-05T09:24:33Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/296/15434 Recently released e-mails show that federal employees falsified information about the safety of the proposed nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nev. No publisher J.M. McCord Waste Yucca Mountain Nevada Department of Energy nuclear safety nuclear waste spent fuel rods George W. Bush hazardous waste nuclear repository scientists federal employees Kenny Guinn Jon Porter Ted Garrish criminal investigation e-mail U.S. Ge 2010-02-05T09:24:28Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/296/15440 Preparations have begun to bring down a century-old dam on Fossil Creek in central Arizona No publisher J.M. McCord Dams And Water Supply Projects Fossil Creek dams water projects dam decommissioning hydroelectric plants Arizona Public Service Federal Energy Regulatory Commission speckled dace roundtail chub Mark Fallon fish 2010-02-05T09:24:21Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/295/15406 A judge rules that Pacific Coast fishermen can intervene as a third party in a lawsuit between Klamath River Basin farmers and the federal government No publisher J.M. McCord Fish Fishing Industry Lawsuits And Water Rights Klamath River Basin water rights water law takings lawsuits fishing industry Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations Francis Allegra Dave Solem Klamath Irrigation District Bureau of Reclamation Glen Spain salmon 2010-02-05T09:24:09Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/294/15372 Following a controversial study, the Environmental Protection Agency decides to raise the drinking water standards for perchlorate to a dosage environmentalists say is dangerously high No publisher J.M. McCord Pollution Perchorate Environmental Protection Agency drinking water safety drinking water standards solid rocket fuel groundwater health hazards Suzanne Ackerman Gina Solomon Natural Resources Defense Council Renee Sharp Environmental Working Group thyr 2010-02-05T09:24:00Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/294/15371 The Tillamook County Creamery Association in Oregon votes to uphold its ban on the use of the artificial growth hormone Posilac in its dairy cows No publisher J.M. McCord Livestock Tillamook County Creamery Association Tillamook cheese Oregon dairy farmers Monsanto Posilac artificial growth hormones rBST rBGH Christie Lincoln Richard Heathershaw bioengineering Jennifer Garrett Oakhurst Dairy antibiotic-resistant bacteri 2010-02-05T09:24:00Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/293/15335 Wyoming’s runaway energy boom is taking on toll on the state’s land, especially when the industry’s salty wastewater spills or leaches into the ground No publisher J.M. McCord Water Groundwater Oil And Gas Powder River Basin Wyoming oil and gas drilling energy industry wastewater Don Likwartz Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Harry LaBonde Dave Freudenthal Todd Parfitt Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality groundwater water pollu 2010-02-05T09:23:49Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/293/15331 The Oregon Legislature is considering a bill that would allow hunters to use dogs to chase down cougars No publisher J.M. McCord Hunting/Trapping Oregon Legislature hunting with hounds cougars hunters Safari Club International Charlie Ringo Oregon Environment and Land Use Committee Jarod Broadfoot Sally Mackler Sierra Club elk populations mountain lions 2010-02-05T09:23:46Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/293/15329 Honeybees are in trouble, and so are the farmers who depend on them for pollination, especially in California’s almond orchards No publisher J.M. McCord Agriculture Crops Insects Honeybees beekeepers varroa mite almonds pollination orchards farmers bee hives pesticides miticides 2010-02-05T09:23:45Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/292/15298 The state of California is suing the U.S. Forest Service for approving a new management plan that more than triples logging in the Sierra Nevada No publisher J.M. McCord National Forest Service Sierra Nevada Framework Bill Lockyer Tom Dresslar National Environmental Policy Act logging old-growth forests Matt Mathes 2010-02-05T09:23:30Z News Article