As the West’s uranium industry declines, it should reclaim mines, not wait for economics to swing back in the industry’s favor. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.1/download-entire-issue
Dan Whipple
Posted inOctober 16, 1981: Briney Colorado still defies salty solutions
Sickness and health … or profit and loss
The changes that Congress makes to the Clean Air Act when the act is renewed are sure to have an effect on the Rocky Mountain West. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/13.20/download-entire-issue
Posted inAugust 7, 1981: Cattle, cussing and cowboys
Cattle, cussing and cowboys
HCN editor Dan Whipple follows a cattle drive in Utah’s Uinta Mountains. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/13.16/download-entire-issue
Posted inJuly 10, 1981: A mountain of money above a not-so-fruitful plan
A mountain of money above a not-so-fruitful plan
When the Anaconda Copper Co. closed its Anaconda, Mont., smelter in October, the community appealed to the state for help in keeping the town alive. But the state’s response has been disappointing. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/13.14/download-entire-issue
Posted inMay 1, 1981: Blowing it: 'ecotage' in Jackson Hole
Blowing it: ‘ecotage’ in Jackson Hole
Sabotage of an oil and gas exploration rig outside Jackson, Wyoming, raises questions that divide the environmental community. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/13.9/download-entire-issue
Posted inApril 17, 1981: Tax forecloses inheritance dream
Earth First! says it’s time to be tough
Editor Dan Whipple examines and critiques the roots and new tactics of the radical environmental group Earth First! Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/13.8/download-entire-issue
Posted inFebruary 6, 1981: Wyoming loses million on ore tax
Wyoming loses million on ore tax
Because of outdated tax assessment methods, the state of Wyoming has lost about $10 million in uranium severance tax payments since 1977. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/13.3/download-entire-issue
Posted inJanuary 23, 1981: Water watchdogs neglect the Navajo
Prime wild lands open to oil and gas
The U.S. Forest Service has recommended opening to oil and gas leasing several Wyoming and Montana areas being considered for wilderness designation, and inserting environmental protections into the leases may be illegal. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/13.2/download-entire-issue
Posted inSeptember 7, 1979: Boulder smolders as growth struggle continues
Companies not leaping for synfuel subsidies yet
President Jimmy Carter’s proposals to provide incentives for the production of synthetic fuels from coal have generated little new activity from companies involved in synfuel production. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/11.17/download-entire-issue
Posted inAugust 10, 1979: Uranium industry's expansion prospects bleak
OSM pressured to okay mine on Navajo land
Despite serious reservations at the federal Office of Surface Mining, political pressure may force the approval of a coal strip mine on the Navajo Nation in New Mexico. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/11.16/download-entire-issue
Posted inJuly 13, 1979: The latest plan for the Clark Fork: preservation
New coal leasing needed? Interior says yes
Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus has announced a new coal leasing program that could increase Western coal production nearly tenfold by 1990 — to 1.2 billion tons annually. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/11.14/download-entire-issue
Posted inJune 15, 1979: High prices, doubts plague wind power revival
Carter water policy reforms face tough congressional test
With stiff opposition from Western states, Congress is gearing up to debate some of the key elements in President Jimmy Carter’s new water policy, which may force states to share in the costs of federal water projects. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/11.12/download-entire-issue
Posted inApril 6, 1979: Slurry carries coal, water and controversy
Slurry carries coal, water and controversy
New coal slurry pipeline proposals are raising major regional questions concerning water use priorities, Indian water rights, interstate cooperation and competition, and perhaps even the scale of future Western coal development. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/11.7/download-entire-issue
Posted inMarch 23, 1979: Stalemates spawn new breed: the eco-mediators
Ute tribe threatens to withdraw from CUP
The Utes are threatening to withdraw their support — and 471,000 acre-feet of Ute water rights — from the controversial Central Utah Project if the state does not authorize an Indian-rights compact. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/11.6/download-entire-issue
Posted inNovember 3, 1978: Amory Lovins brings good news
Wilderness loses in RARE II opinion poll
The U.S. Forest Service’s poll of 360,000 people on the subject of wilderness and roadless lands reveals a great deal of anti-wilderness sentiment as the agency retires into secrecy to develop its final proposals for the second Roadless Area Review and Evaluation (RARE II). Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/10.21/download-entire-issue
Posted inAugust 25, 1978: Congress, Carter lock horns on water projects
Congress, Carter lock horns on water projects
Despite President Jimmy Carter’s warning that he will veto any appropriations bill that includes six contested water projects, Congress has included those projects in the 1979 Public Works Appropriations bill. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/10.16/download-entire-issue
Posted inJuly 14, 1978: Activists torn over what's best for wild horses
Gillette water pipeline project — a half-told story
Gillette, Wyo., has experienced rapid energy development and population growth, leading to plans for a pipeline to import water. But the project, both in design and promotion, apparently has been tainted by errors of omission and commission. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/10.14/download-entire-issue
Posted inJune 16, 1978: Lame ducks and a question mark lead Wyoming
Lame ducks and a question mark lead Wyoming
Sen. Malcom Wallop’s shifty and compromising environmental record is an indication of politics in Wyoming, where “conservative” and “conservation” and still uneasily linked. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/10.12/download-entire-issue
Posted inMay 5, 1978: Environmentalists, backlash, and the 'New Right'
Environmentalists, backlash, and the ‘New Right’
Political attacks against Arizona Congressman Morris Udall are one example of recent political backlash against environmentalism, and may be part of a larger shift toward conservatism. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/10.9/download-entire-issue
Posted inMarch 24, 1978: Colorado, maverick of the inland Western states
USFS roadless land oil policy set
The U.S. Forest Service has issued policy guidelines for access and drilling on oil leases in roadless lands identified by the second Roadless Area Review and Evaluation (RARE II). The policy guidelines will be particularly important for national forests that lie over the Overthrust Belt. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/10.6/download-entire-issue