High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 12. Wyoming digs its 10 billionth ton of coal http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.10/wyoming-digs-its-10-billionth-ton-of-coal The industry hopes Wyoming's coal bonanza lasts another 100 years. But mining's peaks and valleys have never been entirely in its control. No publisher Marshall Swearingen Powder River Basin coal Wyoming 2013-06-09T23:49:01Z Infographic When the locals don't want your coal, sell it overseas http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.12/the-global-west/when-the-locals-dont-want-your-coal-sell-it-overseas Global markets could keep Powder River Basin coal flowing overseas for decades to come. No publisher Jonathan Thompson Powder River Basin mining natural resource exports energy production coal global economy China extractive industries coal mining Black Thunder/Jacobs Mine 2011-07-21T21:32:12Z News Article Wastewater goes unwatched 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 U.S. Department of Energy elbows in on Clean Water Act http://www.hcn.org/issues/318/16178 The federal Energy Department and the state of Wyoming have challenged Montana’s plan to establish pollution controls for coalbed methane wells No publisher Sarah Gilman Water Pollution Oil and Gas Coalbed methane wastewater Marge West ranchers water pollution Powder River Basin oil and gas industry drilling gas wells pumping Richard Opper Montana Department of Environmental Quality Montana Board of Environmental Review Department of En 2011-12-15T17:24:37Z News Article The view from above http://www.hcn.org/issues/312/15967 High Country News prides itself on keeping close to the ground, but for this special issue, we look at the energy boom in the West from a global perspective No publisher Greg Hanscom Oil and Gas High Country News Ed Marston journalism Matt Jenkins Rebecca Clarren Tim Westby Jennie Lay Ray Ring Allen Best Laura Paskus oil and gas industry energy boom gas drilling renewable energy Powder River Basin 2010-02-05T08:56:06Z News Article The BLM wields fork and spatula over the West's wildlands http://www.hcn.org/issues/291/15276 The Bureau of Land Management is handing out public-lands drilling permits like a McDonald’s drive-through with a hyperactive "Order Assembly Target." No publisher Matt Jenkins Public Lands Bureau of Land Management Oil and Gas BLM oil and gas permits citizen-proposed wilderness Big Ridge proposed wilderness Colorado Powder River Basin McDonald’s Norton-Leavitt Wilderness Settlement energy development 2010-02-05T09:23:15Z News Article State struggling to keep up with CBM http://www.hcn.org/issues/263/14400 A state task force says pollution regulations for coalbed methane wells are severely under-enforced in Wyoming No publisher Josh Garrett-Davis Coalbed Methane Coalbed methane Wyoming Powder River Basin Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality Todd Parfitt wastewater water pollution energy oil and gas drilling 2010-02-05T09:55:23Z News Article Oil money rules in the West's mini-Middle East http://www.hcn.org/issues/277/14820 Two Democratic governors – Dave Freudenthal of Wyoming and Bill Richardson of New Mexico – find themselves caught between the money that comes from the energy industry and the environmental impacts of oil and gas development No publisher Paul Krza Politics Elected Officials Oil And Gas Wyoming New Mexico oil and gas industry Dave Freudenthal Bill Richardson energy industry renewable energy Western Resource Advocates environmental activists Otero Mesa Powder River Basin Wyoming Outdoor Council Dan Heilig Randy Udall John Ni 2010-02-05T09:57:50Z News Article Hunting: It’s not about the gun http://www.hcn.org/issues/284/15062 In the presidential election this fall, sportsmen are likely to be split between those who vote for wildlife, and those who vote for the gun No publisher Tom Reed Politics Hunting/Trapping hunting wildlife guns environmental issues conservation Bush environmental policy National Rifle Association Powder River Basin Pikes Peak Republicans Democrats sportsmen Bill Clinton George W. Bush 2010-02-05T09:21:34Z News Article Greens need to occupy the Occupy movement http://www.hcn.org/wotr/greens-need-to-occupy-the-occupy-movement Today's activists need to get more involved in protesting the environmental profiteering that is destroying our planet. No publisher Tim Lydon Powder River Basin environmental activists protest movements corporate power air pollution climate change Bristol Bay salmon Exxon Valdez clear-cuts global warming timber companies Arch Coal Pebble Mine Alaska fisheries water pollution Peabody Coal Company Occupy Wall Street coal power plants oil spills 2011-12-20T18:26:22Z News Article Gas wells wash out habitat http://www.hcn.org/issues/264/14440 Environmental scientist James Gore warns that the water that coalbed methane wells pours into streams could wipe out up to 30 aquatic species in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Montana No publisher Josh Garrett-Davis Coalbed Methane James Gore coalbed methane drilling coalbed methane wells Powder River Basin endangered species International Petroleum Environmental Conference 2010-02-05T09:55:37Z News Article Chill, baby, chill http://www.hcn.org/wotr/a-new-mantra-for-the-oil-patch The largest drilling boom in Western history is ending as new technologies make it easier to get shale gas from other parts of the country. No publisher Randy Udall Powder River Basin hydraulic fracturing shale gas geologists natural gas 2010-02-05T09:19:33Z News Article