The state’s richest man, industrialist J.R. Simplot, announced in late December that he wants to build 100 coal-fired power plants along the Snake River over the next 50 years.
Two western states still in collider race
Of the 11 sites proposed by nine Western states, one near Phoenix, Ariz., and another outside Denver, Colo., advanced to the Department of Energy’s list of eight finalists in the intense national competition for the $6 billion Superconducting Super Collider. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/20.2/download-entire-issue
McClure-Andrus wilderness bill is worse than nothing
The McClure-Andrus package is obviously superior, statewide, to McClure’s 1984 proposal. But the transformation of public perceptions that we require has not occurred. Now the exigencies of substantially improving or fighting this legislation will dominate our time. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/20.2/download-entire-issue
1987 Index
See a list of all High Country News articles published in 1987, categorized by subject. Click link to view PDF. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline 1987 Index.
Idaho’s potato king proposes 100 power plants
The state’s richest man, industrialist J.R. Simplot, announced in late December that he wants to build 100 coal-fired power plants along the Snake River over the next 50 years. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/20.2/download-entire-issue