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Items by Sarah Gilman
Interior Secretary Salazar nixes controversial Utah oil and gas leases
Economic crisis slows Colorado's dueling booms
You don't necessarily have to pave the desert to harness the sun
Federal judge questions agency's analysis of air pollution from natural gas development
Feds move to streamline renewable energy development on public land.
Colorado's reintroduced lynx are in trouble, and a detailed map shows where -- and why -- they’re facing problems.
The agency failed to assess how the rocket fuel component acts in concert with other chemicals.
BLM opens southeastern Montana to more drilling. But the state has new tools to protect the area.
A student protester puts one over on the BLM.
A little perspective from south of the border.
Feds shut down Yakima Black Rock Reservoir proposal over cost concerns.
Hardrock mining slows down, but carbon sequestration and algae biofuels pick up.
Many conservation groups are feeling the pinch.
The strange dance of the regional and national offices of the EPA.
Will the slumping world economy slow the latest hardrock mining boom in the West?
California not so hot on iffy renewable energy and alternative fuel measures, but they're okay with banning gay marriage.
No real surprises in the Dem-leaning Golden State's presidential or congressional races
While the nation is distracted by the election, the Bush administration races ahead with environmental policy changes.
As much of the West reels economically, Wyoming and a few states thrive on energy; urban bears live fast and die young.
There’s fighting over the endangered status of wolves, sage grouse, etc., and protecting wildlife from drilling.
The BLM has waived environmental review of energy projects thousands of times in Utah and Wyoming.
Shooting gnarly chemicals into the ground to release natural gas isn't just for the West anymore.
Political conventions obsess about “clean” coal and Sarah Palin, and sideline discussions of oil and gas impacts.
A nonprofit deconstructs a trophy home near the Columbia Gorge.
Precedent-setting conservation easement lawsuit in Wyoming; wet spring gives way to burning-hot summer; EPA approves air-quality permit for Desert Rock power plant; Smokey Bear vs. ORVs; smoky bear vs. firefighter.
Shopping for Porcupine weaves between worry and worship in its celebration of author Seth Kantner’s unique life in northern Alaska.
In western Colorado, oil and gas companies mobilize in a publicity blitz to pack a Grand Junction hearing about proposed changes to the state’s natural gas drilling rules.
“Drill here, drill now!” on the ground and in Western politics; Northern Rockies wolves protected again – and on the move; Obama backs Second Amendment; gas pains in the West; plutonium spill in Boulder.
On public lands throughout the West, hikers, bikers,
horseback riders and off-roaders compete for trail space, while
beleaguered land-managers struggle to come up with workable forest
management plans.
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