It’s a woman’s world

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

The water bill passed by Wyoming’s 1982 Legislature is being criticized by environmental groups, who say it lacks comprehensive, long-term water planning. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.13/download-entire-issue

The Western Montana Generation and Transmission Association wants to build a dam at the last major water fall in the Northern Rockies, on northwestern Montana’s Kootenai River. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.12/download-entire-issue

As the Midwest demands Western coal, the West eyes the Midwest’s bountiful water, brewing lively political rhetoric and difficult questions in the Midwest. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.12/download-entire-issue

Wyoming’s Industrial Development Information and Siting Act of 1975 has helped the town of Wheatland cope with construction of a giant coal-fired power plant. But the law hasn’t been able to address familiar boom-town social ills. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.11/download-entire-issue

Recent accidents illustrate now little is known about hazardous materials and what little control there is over their transportation. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.11/download-entire-issue

Most energy experts now agree that the United States will never again supply a majority of its petroleum needs through production of conventional reserves. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.10/download-entire-issue

Coyotes continue to survive and adapt, despite decades of efforts to exterminate them. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.10/download-entire-issue

It’s been five years since Congress passed the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act requiring coal companies to reclaim strip-mines, but the science and methods of reclamation are still being developed. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.9/download-entire-issue

The economic state of ranching and farming in the United States today is so gloomy that any reasonable business-person would ask, ”Why the hell is anyone in agriculture?” Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.8/download-entire-issue

Nationwide, almost four billion tons of topsoil are lost every year to water erosion. About half that loss is on cropland. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.8/download-entire-issue

Montana Governor Ted Schwinden has a folksy style, but he he has built a powerful political network to establish a following that defies political parties. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.7/download-entire-issue