High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. Wilderness creates jobs too! http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/wilderness-creates-jobs-too Interior Dept. inventories wild areas with an eye to economic impact No publisher Judith Mernit 2010-12-23T21:13:39Z Blog Post Desert Water for Coastal Lawns? http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/desert-water-for-coastal-lawns A plan to mine water from a Mojave Desert aquifer has infuriated environmental groups No publisher Judith Mernit 2012-03-23T17:01:16Z Blog Post Eagle Mountain: Still Not Safe From Los Angeles Garbage http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/eagle-mountain-still-not-safe-from-los-angeles-garbage The saga of a proposed landfill on the outskirts of Joshua Tree No publisher Judith Mernit 2011-04-05T13:55:08Z Blog Post Solar energy on public lands: The 80,000 have spoken http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/solar-zones-revised-the-80-000-have-spoken The Bureau of Land Management updates its solar energy study -- and enviros seem kind of happy No publisher Judith Mernit 2011-10-31T15:12:17Z Blog Post Is the San Andreas slipping? http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/is-the-san-andreas-slipping A bunch of little quakes provoke some big worries. No publisher Judith Mernit 2009-03-25T18:36:47Z Blog Post Budget crisis stalls conservation http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/test-1 California freezes bond-funded grants -- many of them meant to fund environmental projects No publisher Judith Mernit 2009-10-27T18:00:54Z Blog Post Why Babbitt's advice to Obama doesn't quite hit the mark http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/why-babbitts-advice-to-obama-doesnt-quite-hit-the-mark Clinton didn't really go "green" until term two. No publisher Judith Mernit 2011-06-10T15:43:16Z Blog Post Utah lawmakers cut off public access to information http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/utah-lawmakers-cut-off-public-access-to-information Governor goes along with curtailing freedom of information No publisher Judith Mernit 2011-03-11T23:51:52Z Blog Post Pity the Green Pioneer http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/pity-the-green-pioneer Can renewable technology thrive without a national energy policy? No publisher Judith Mernit 2011-09-16T18:22:03Z Blog Post State Parks Spread the Wealth http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/robin-hood-state-park When city dwellers seek refuge in nature, they also boost rural economies No publisher Judith Mernit 2009-09-03T14:51:47Z Blog Post The Sackett Saga http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/the-sackett-saga How an Idaho couple's quashed dream-home plans became a public relations nightmare for the EPA. No publisher Judith Mernit 2012-01-19T18:18:51Z Blog Post A river of rain http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/a-river-of-rain Scientists try to predict how much water makes a landslide No publisher Judith Mernit 2012-12-05T16:36:50Z Blog Post In the zones http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/in-the-zones BLM's solar energy study disappoints environmentalists No publisher Judith Mernit 2010-12-20T21:04:54Z Blog Post Solar setbacks http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/solar-setbacks A controversial Southern California transmission line is unlikely to carry green power No publisher Judith Mernit 2010-12-13T20:23:57Z Blog Post How Big Oil won California http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/how-big-oil-won-california California voters said yes to the measure that really mattered to Chevron. No publisher Judith Mernit 2010-11-16T19:28:21Z Blog Post