Bravo for Bob Rawlings, the “Water Warrior,” and for the Pueblo Chieftain for their battle to keep their river water in their valley (HCN, 3/19/12). The situation where we are headed is grim. When all the agricultural water is gone to the thirsty, growing cities and agriculture is left high and dry, city people will […]
Albert A. Bartlett
Posted inSeptember 19, 2011: Redemption
Big growth, big problems
In your snapshot, “Down and out in the West,” you observed that Nevada leads the county in unemployment “for the 14th straight month, due to its almost complete reliance on the still-pretty-dilapidated housing, gaming and tourism industries” (HCN, 8/22/2011). Similarly, you wrote, “California is still reeling from the housing implosion,” but Wyoming and North Dakota […]
Posted inMarch 16, 2009: Innovate
Collateral damage
Regarding your story on the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant: I was new in Boulder in the early 1950s, when the announcement was made that this large defense plant would be located between Boulder and Golden (HCN, 2/16/09). Ever since, I have pondered the question, “Why would our government locate a prime defense plant (target) […]
Posted inMay 29, 2006: 'Clinging Hopelessly to the Past'
It’s the population, stupid
“California, here we come,” is replete with contradictions (HCN, 5/1/06: California, here we come). It praises California for “showing the rest of the West how to use water more efficiently through conservation” by “pioneering the transfer of water rights from rural areas to rapidly growing urban centers.” But rural areas, with their ability to grow […]
Posted inOctober 23, 2000: Stalking Slade
Environmentalists for Bush
Dear HCN, As the nation prepares for the upcoming presidential election, it is so sad to read about the formation of the group “Environmentalists Against Gore” (HCN, 8/28/00: The Latest Bounce). If this group succeeds in what must be its goal, we will get George W. Bush as our next president. If this is what […]
Posted inMarch 20, 1995: The fight for Reclamation
Taking our time, too
Dear HCN, If the concept of “takings’ is to be a part of our way of life, then the concept should extend to population growth. Increased traffic congestion resulting from population growth could, for example, cause a person to spend an extra half-hour a day commuting to and from work; added up over a working […]