Eco groups protest new coal regs

An HCN exclusive interview with Interior Secretary James Watt during a visit to Lander, Wyo. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.19/download-entire-issue

How top executives from the largest mining, energy and banking interests in the Rocky Mountains work to ambush the single most important piece of legislation safe-guarding the West: the Clean Air Act of 1970. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.18/download-entire-issue

Acid rain, which could be exacerbated by oil and gas development, is harming lakes in Colorado and elsewhere in the West. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.18/download-entire-issue

Idaho’s utilities currently have nine proposals for major dams on Idaho rivers, despite dropping electricity demand. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.17/download-entire-issue

Idaho ranks just behind California and Nevada in terms of geothermal resources. But so far, development has been limited. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.17/download-entire-issue

The Bureau of Land Management is again processing homestead applications authorized by the Desert Land Act, which has long been used to claim marginal farmland in Idaho. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.17/download-entire-issue

Wildlife killed by poisonous, hydrogen sulfide-laden “sour gas” leaking from a natural gas well raises concerns about future oil and gas drilling in Wyoming. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.16/download-entire-issue

Outside Meeteetse, Wyo., the debate has shifted from whether black-footed ferrets exist to how to ensure their survival. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.15/download-entire-issue

A scientist believes that climate change caused by increasing CO2 levels in the atmosphere is “far more serious than little nagging things like disposing of nuclear wastes.”  To read the full text, click the “View a PDF from the original” link below, or download a PDF of the entire issue:  http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.15/download-entire-issue This article appeared in […]

The budget-stressed Solar Energy Research Institute in Golden, Colorado, provides information to homeowners, builders,    architects, and anyone interested in learning more about the growing solar industry. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.14/download-entire-issue

Established by Congress in 1976, the National Center for Appropriate Technology, based in Butte, Mont., is surviving despite a slashed budget. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.14/download-entire-issue

Shortly after Ronald Reagan took office he made it clear that alternative energy and conservation would not be part of his energy policy. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.14/download-entire-issue