Near the remote ranching community of Circle, Montana, the Burlington Northern railroad company plans to construct a coal gasification plant that would produce not only natural gas but also fertilizer.


BN proposes fertilizer from coal

Near the remote ranching community of Circle, Montana, the Burlington Northern railroad company plans to construct a coal gasification plant that would produce not only natural gas but also fertilizer. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/7.22/download-entire-issue

Court says EPA can ban coyote poison

The interstate shipment of predator poisons may again be halted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency after a federal court ruled that the EPA acted lawfully when it banned the shipment of sodium cyanide, strychnine, and 1080 in 1972. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/7.22/download-entire-issue

New group to fight for roadless areas

While most conservation groups are focused on possible wilderness areas now under formal study, the Wilderness Resources Institute has formed to watchdog over the two-thirds of the nation’s wild roadless areas that are not included in those wilderness studies. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/7.22/download-entire-issue