http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/wotr/17413 Pepper Trail warns us that we continue to tinker with nature at our peril. No publisher Pepper Trail Pepper Trail global warming fossil fuels climate change forest fires energy 2010-02-05T09:45:27Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/306/15792 Many environmentalists say the Yellowstone grizzly is a long way from being recovered, and that delisting the bear is premature and could spell disaster for the species No publisher Doug Honnold Parks And Monuments Wildlife Management Threatened And Endangered Species Endangered Species Act grizzly bear Yellowstone National Park Greater Yellowstone ecosystem delisting grizzlies wildlife management hunting genetic inbreeding habitat protection Bush administration bear population whitebark pine global warming 2010-02-05T09:26:22Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/17479 Bill Sniffin says the state called the “Saudi Arabia of coal” may find its product less desirable in the face of global warming. No publisher Bill Sniffin Bill Sniffin energy coal global warming 2010-02-05T09:46:01Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/290/15219 The study of tree rings opens a window into the West’s distant past, and warns us that the region’s future may be dangerously hot and dry No publisher Michelle Nijhuis Lowell climate dendrochronology Science radiocarbon dating Climate Change paleoclimates Ma Rex Adams Forests bristlecone pine Hot Times global warming Andrew Ellicott Douglass Chaco Canyon Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research Percival crossdating tree rings drought change Hal Fritts 2010-09-30T15:48:58Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.12/will-utahs-tar-sands-make-it-the-alberta-of-the-high-desert Calgary-based U.S. Oil Sands says it's ready to take its exploratory effort in eastern Utah’s Tavaputs Plateau commercial. No publisher Jeremy Miller Tavaputs Plateau Groundwater pollution Wildlife habitat Bitumen Hot Times PR Spring Oil and gas industry global warming Uintah Basin Tar sands d-Limonene John Weisheit Utah wildlife habitat Fossil fuels Utah Gov. Gary Herbert 2012-08-01T15:06:10Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/327/16453 Climate scientist Anthony Westerling is working to illuminate the connection between rising global temperatures and the increasing ferocity of the West’s forest fires No publisher Matt Jenkins Forests Fire Climate Change Anthony Westerling climate scientists global warming climate change forest fires wildfires Scripps Institution of Oceanography Science Express snowpack Northern Rocky Mountains Northern California Cascade Mountains Sierra Nevada ecological re Science 2011-11-21T23:29:21Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/288/15153 HCN lays out the West's 10 most critical issues and the paths toward positive results on everything from energy development and drought to federal agency practices and endangered species. No publisher Staff Energy science water nuclear wildlife communities forests public lands advocacy groups Politics Bush administration environmental movement energy oil and gas renewable energy Western Governors’ Association George W. Bush Dick Cheney solar energy wind energy John Kerry John McCain Harry Reid Janet Napolitano global warming 2010-02-05T09:22:08Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/294/15374 Ten years ago, Ben Harding created a worst-case drought scenario for a U.S. Geological Survey study, but the current drought on the Colorado River may be even worse than he imagined No publisher Matt Jenkins Weather Dams And Water Supply Projects Colorado River drought Ben Harding U.S. Geological Survey Glen Canyon Dam Lees Ferry Lake Powell water shortages climate change global warming Bureau of Reclamation 2010-02-05T09:24:01Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.9/whats-the-best-place-for-big-solar Environmentalists have been too busy squabbling over proposed solar plants to pay much attention to one of the most promising sites: Gila Bend, Ariz. No publisher Sarah Gilman energy transmission lines Solar energy geothermal power Ivanpah Solar renewable energy Big Solar climate change Arizona desert tortoises endangered desert plants industrial solar Judith Lewis Mernit Mojave Desert Gila Bend utility-scale solar projects global warming endangered species coal power Green Path North environmental movement 2012-05-25T01:39:48Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/332/16642 We are all, too much of the time, captives of the wreck and the mistake. Can’t take our eyes off it, can’t stop thinking about it, can’t stop picking that scab. We slide into our merely negative identity — defined by what we refuse... No publisher David Oates Human Beings and Nature Sierra Nevada love gay men hiking nature parents and children Sacramento philosophy family life global warming poetry High Stephen personal history California David Oates communication Sierra Jesus Dunn 2010-09-24T23:02:44Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/17222 Auden Schendler says Robert Murray – owner of the Crandall Canyon mine and a well-known global warming denier – is responsible for poor decisions that go beyond mining in an unsafe environment. No publisher Auden Schendler Auden Schendler Robert Murray Crandall Canyon mine disaster coal mining global warming 2010-02-05T09:44:52Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/what-should-we-do-with-our-blink-of-time Natural history teaches us how rapidly and irrevocably the world can change -- a fact we should bear in mind as we enter the new, human-dominated era some scientists call the Anthropocene. No publisher Stephen Trimble mass extinctions evolution death Anthropocene Mesozoic climate change Pleistocene industrial revolution global warming species extinction pollution geology, paleontology, biodiversity loss, drought, natural resources scientists Natural history Natural History Museum of Utah tectonic cycles Eocene Holocene 2012-05-31T15:19:09Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/296/15431 An unusual winter sends ripples through the West's water and wildlife systems, and leaves scientists wondering whether global warming is the cause. No publisher Michelle Nijhuis Science Climate Change Winter global warming climate change rainfall snowpack wolves Yellowstone National Park water supply weather seasons climate variation ski industry Death Valley Kelly Redmond Western Regional Climate Center ski resorts Cascade Mountains R 2010-02-05T09:24:18Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/17271 Paul VanDevelder warns that climate change could devastate the West’s forests, leaving nothing behind but parched grasslands. No publisher Paul VanDevelder Paul VanDevelder global warming Western forests wildfires drought conifers 2010-02-05T09:44:39Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/17390 Pete Letheby says the West is headed for a hotter and drier future, and this time, as farmer Gerald Spangler warns him, we’re running out of groundwater. No publisher Pete Letheby Pete Letheby Gerald Spangler global warming drought groundwater climate change Dust Bowl Ogallala aquifer 2010-02-05T09:45:16Z News Article