The coming energy crunch will cause a frenzied battle over the West’s coal, gas and oil in the name of sustaining America’s oversized appetite for energy and economic growth.


Oil shale: a problem of waste

If all goes as planned by the U.S. Department of Interior, the western fringe of the Piceance Basin in northwestern Colorado will become home to huge landfills to house the “spent shale” produced by oil shale extraction. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/5.1/download-entire-issue

The crisis in energy: exploiting the West

The coming energy crunch will cause a frenzied battle over the West’s coal, gas and oil in the name of sustaining America’s oversized appetite for energy and economic growth. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/5.1/download-entire-issue

Wild Horse Annie: a Western legend

An HCN interview with Mrs. Velma B. Johnson, a.k.a. “Wild Horse Annie,” shortly before she was appointed to the Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/5.1/download-entire-issue