http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/wotr/15996 The writer urges Western states to seize the moment and make the most of the gas bonanza that is enriching private companies No publisher Paul Larmer Mining 2010-02-05T09:28:18Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/14049 Colorado Democratic Rep. Mark Udall urges support for his bill that would settle the RS 2477 road issue once and for all. No publisher Mark Udall Mining Transportation 2010-02-05T09:28:35Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/329/16522 Graphics show the location of the West’s nuclear sites and uranium sources, and the nuclear fuel cycle is described No publisher Staff Mining Nuclear Weapons and Laboratories Uranium Nuclear Energy Uranium mining uranium mills nuclear reactors nuclear energy waste repositories Yucca Mountain yellowcake uranium processing nuclear fuel cycle uranium hexafluoride light water reactors radioactive waste storage maps nuclear weapons 2011-12-09T18:19:37Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/303/15686 Utah’s Great Salt Lake is loaded with mercury, and scientists are trying to figure out whether Nevada’s gold mines are part of the problem No publisher Patrick Farrell Mining Gold Pollution Great Salt Lake mercury methylmercury pollution toxins eared grebes brine shrimp gold mining Environmental Protection Agency David Jones waste management Nevada Division of Environmental Protection Barrick Goldstrike Mine Placer Dome Cortez 2012-04-09T19:10:38Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/the-cost-of-progress Five extraordinary women tested for seventy-five peculiar toxins. No publisher jeffc Corporate Power Workers Latinos and diversity Crime Class Warfare Corruption Unintended consequences Mining Bad Judgment Diversity Fire Oceans Immigration Water Poverty Courts Science Nuclear issues Bureau of Reclamation Manufacturing Wildlife Sense of place Corporate greed Small Towns Native Americans Forest management The Border Tribes Labor Wind Youth Latinos Superfund Habitat Voters Climate change Energy Food Growth Fishing Politics Education Agriculture pollution 2009-05-07T19:39:38Z Blog Post http://www.hcn.org/issues/302/15667 In Leadville: The Struggle to Revive an American Town, Gillian Klucas describes the history and the current environmental and economic struggles of the old mining town of Leadville, Colo. No publisher Jessica Clement Mining Pollution Communities in Transition Gillian Klucas Leadville Colorado Doc Smith mining pollution mine waste Environmental Protection Agency Arkansas River Old West Colorado history small towns socio-economics 2010-02-05T09:25:40Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/334/16681 Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer is eager to build a synfuels plant to turn coal into diesel, but it will neither easy nor cheap to make gas gasification a reality in the West No publisher Samuel Western Roundup Mining synfuels Bull Mountain plant climate change Energy Wyoming global warming Fischer-Tropsch conversion process Medicine Bow Coal Montana Brian Schweitzer alternative energy sources Policy oil prices Synfuels coal to diesel plants Sasol oil and gas 2010-09-14T22:15:01Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/set-categories No publisher emilys The Border Public Lands Inside the Movement Irritating websites Corporate Power Hunting Workers Latinos and diversity Recreation Crime Archaelogy Class Warfare Writers Corruption Psychology Mining Bad Judgment Diversity Fire Amusements Oceans Immigration Guns Water National Park Service Defense Poverty Courts NewsBiz Buzz Nuclear issues Drought Uncategorized Large Bridge Parts Wildlife Logging Unintended consequences Ennui Science Youth Forest management OSHA Politics Tribes Ranching Bureau of Reclamation News Shorts Wind Native Americans Latinos Superfund Anti-government sentiment Sense of place Climate change Energy Voters Sexy scientists Food Growth Corporate greed Western Culture Labor Environmental Protection Agency Apocalypse Education Agriculture pollution 2008-07-19T23:33:47Z Blog Post http://www.hcn.org/issues/329/16509 With global warming an increasing threat, some are urging a return to nuclear energy, but the industry’s own checkered past reminds us that a nuclear renaissance will be neither easy nor cheap No publisher Jonathan Thompson coal power radioactive waste Greenpeace Uranium Uravan Three Mile Island fossil fuels Clean and Mining Safe Energy Coalition uranium Nuclear energy Science Chernobyl Ukraine mining Climate Change Patrick Moore greenhouse gases global warming Energy Policy Department of Energy Energy Nuclear Energy George W. Bush 2011-12-09T18:04:52Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/311/15944 Rep. Richard Pombo has inserted a provision in the House budget bill that will reform United States mining law to allow for the selling off of public lands No publisher Michelle Burkhart Mining Richard Pombo public lands mining claims mining law mining patents real estate industry Jim Gibbons national parks Republican party Joshua Tree National Park Yosemite National Park North Cascades National Park Death Valley National Park Uncom 2010-02-05T08:31:55Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/15995 The writer asks all those who love the West’s open spaces to oppose a bill privatizing federal mining claims No publisher Pepper Trail Mining 2010-02-05T09:28:18Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/371/17708 The women in Stefanie Raymond-Whish’s family have a history of breast cancer, and the young Navajo biologist wants to know whether the uranium on the reservation might have something to do with it. No publisher Florence Williams Navajo Reservation Mining Stefanie Raymond-Whish endocrine disruptors uranium mining cancer research Nuclear breast cancer Green Justice Native Americans Health Dyer Cheryl scientific researchers 2010-07-22T22:57:40Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/289/15192 Earle Dixon says the Bureau of Land Management fired him because he tried to enforce environmental and public safety laws in the course of the Yerington Mine cleanup in Nevada No publisher Laura Paskus Mining Reclamation Whistle Blowers Earle Dixon Nevada BLM Robert Abbey Yerington Mine mine cleanup mining reclamation worker safety Anaconda Copper Co. Atlantic Richfield water contamination whistleblower uranium radioactive waste EPA Great Basin Mine Watch Eyssa Rosen PEER 2010-02-05T09:22:39Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.19/metalpalooza-09 Metals mining is making an unexpectedly dramatic comeback in the West. No publisher Cally Carswell platinum copper Mining gold palladium silver 2010-02-05T09:03:59Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/364/17514 The transformation of once-scrappy mining towns like Silverton, Colo., and Superior, Ariz., into trendy tourist havens is bound to leave the locals with mixed feelings and some nostalgia. No publisher Jonathan Thompson Mining Colorado gentrification Silverton Jonathan Thompson small towns miners mountain towns Hardrock mining 2010-12-17T20:15:11Z News Article