Los Angeles has decided to pull out of a deal to expand a
coal-fired power plant in Delta, Utah, using the money for
renewable energy instead
Items by Deanna Belch
The Energy Department is calling for public comment on its
plans to clean up a 130-acre pile of uranium tailings and
contaminated soils just upstream from Moab, Utah, on the Colorado
River
As soon as the National Park Service announced its new
snowmobile rules – which slightly reduce the number of
vehicles allowed in Yellowstone and Grand Teton – lawsuits
began flying from both sides of the political divide
Despite nearly unanimous support for designating the Ojito
Wilderness Area, New Mexico Sen. Pete Domenici, R, is stalling over
reserved water rights and – according to critics –
trying to undermine the Wilderness Act
The omnibus appropriations bill just passed by Congress
contained more than a few anti-environmental riders, but not all of
them survived for the president’s pen to sign
A new California law requires all homes in the state to
use water meters by 2025
The National Audubon Society’s 2004 State of the
Birds report assesses worrisome population changes for 450 non-game
birds
The Environmental Integrity Project has issued a new
report on power plant emissions called Gaming the System: How the
Off-the-Books Industrial Upset Emissions Cheat the Public Out of
Clean Air
A short guide to the highlights of election results from
contests around the West.
The Lewis and Clark Mount Hood Wilderness Act would allow
mountain bikers and chain saws into a proposed Oregon
wilderness
HCN’s upcoming potluck is in Portland; new interns
Deanna Belch and Lissa James; and corrections
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