A group of determined activists in Mountain View, N.M., fights for environmental justice in a poor and polluted neighborhood.
Items by Ray Ring
Oil and gas companies are furious with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, but environmentalists wonder if he’ll go far enough in restraining the industry.
Controversial right-wing "shock jock" John Stokes loses his Montana radio station in a battle over bankruptcy.
Controversial right-wing "shock jock" John Stokes loses his Montana radio station in a battle over bankruptcy.
Excerpts from Tom Turner's chronicle of the roadless rule's creation give the inside scoop on how the rule was crafted.
Cheyenne lawyer Harriet Hageman has relentlessly fought the roadless rule for nearly a decade.
Judge Clarence Brimmer is determined to bring down Clinton's roadless forest rule, which has been mired in lawsuits ever since its controversial birth.
Excerpts from Tom Turner's chronicle of the roadless rule give the inside scoop on how the rule was crafted.
Despite the economic slump, Western party-throwing companies are doing well, especially when it comes to throwing fancy weddings.
A family trip out West in 1959, when he was 9 years old, inspired Dayton Duncan to make a new documentary series with Ken Burns, called The National Parks: America’s Best Idea.
Harris Sherman, nominated as Forest Service's boss, is latest sign of green politics.
Three recent Obama nominations have drawn flak from environmentalists.
While some Americans fight over healthcare reform, others line up at dawn to receive free care at a temporary clinic in Los Angeles.
Three recent Obama nominations draw flak from environmentalists.
A personal view of the scenes.
Year after year, Nevada Sen. Harry Reid has stood squarely in the path of every attempt to reform the 1872 Mining Law. Plus: The Energy Department wants to dump tons of deadly mercury, most likely in the West.
A list of influential environmentalists who are in -- or very close to -- the Obama administration.
Another critical enviro, a timber analyst and a radio show weigh in.
California's "green" leadership is imperiled by the state's inability to handle the other "green" -- i.e., money. Plus: Statistics describe and a map locates some of the geologic carbon sequestration sites planned for the West.
The Wilderness Society should sponsor off-road driving teams to reach out to that culture.
Loggers and motorheads get their cut in Montana Sen. Tester's bill.
2 more greens sound off against Beaverhead-Deerlodge Partnership.
The Center for Biological Diversity and the Grand Canyon Trust are working with a French timber entrepreneur to restore Arizona's unhealthy forests.
Loggers and environmental activists are determined to restore Montana's Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, with or without the help of the Forest Service.
Too many young people are dying from accidents caused by riding unsafe and unregulated off-road vehicles.
Latest deaths include a 10-year-old boy, a 16-year-old girl and a deputy.
Enviros create force-fields around national parks. Also: Recovery Act funds are coming to BLM lands in the Western states.
Bipartisan politics briefly returned to Washington, D.C., with the passage of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act.
Cattle drink with less impact.
Utah's Sen. Bennett caught in bind.
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