The influx of workers drawn to the booming uranium and coal economy of Rawlins, Wyoming, threatens the stability of the town’s old Hispanic community. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/11.22/download-entire-issue
The boom reaches across the tracks
Posted inNovember 16, 1979: New coalition inspired by FARM conference
New coalition inspired by FARM conference
The future of agriculture in the Rocky Mountain states may hinge on a trade-off with energy development spurred by the energy crisis. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/11.22/download-entire-issue
Posted inNovember 16, 1979: New coalition inspired by FARM conference
Energy boom hurts women, minorities most
Research indicates that the oil, gas and uranium boom that has hit the Rocky Mountain West in the past five years has been, for women and minorities, not a shot in the arm but a kick in the face. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/11.22/download-entire-issue
Posted inNovember 2, 1979: Wildlife and livestock face off in refuge battle
Wildlife and livestock face off in refuge battle
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Bureau of Land Management are cutting back on grazing permits in Montana’s Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, angering ranchers. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/11.21/download-entire-issue
Posted inNovember 2, 1979: Wildlife and livestock face off in refuge battle
NRC proposes major revision of tailings regs
An analysis of present methods of disposing of uranium mill tailings has led the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to propose major regulation changes. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/11.21/download-entire-issue
Posted inNovember 2, 1979: Wildlife and livestock face off in refuge battle
Fish and Wildlife Service: growth and contradiction
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, charged with protecting birds, beasts, and fish, has serious internal problems, such as applying tons of harmful pesticides to the lands it manages. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/11.21/download-entire-issue
Posted inOctober 19, 1979: Sizing up a new fuel that may be coming soon to a pump near you
Study says geothermal plan may hurt geysers
The U.S. Interior Department has reiterated that no drilling will be allowed in the Island Park Geothermal Area next to Yellowstone National Park until there are scientific assurances that drilling poses no threat to Yellowstone’s thermal features. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/11.20/download-entire-issue
Posted inOctober 19, 1979: Sizing up a new fuel that may be coming soon to a pump near you
Sizing up a new fuel that may be coming soon to a pump near you
In what appears to be an about-face, the U.S. departments of energy and agriculture and several major oil companies are beginning to embrace that notion that alcohol production can play a role in solving the country’s energy problems. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/11.20/download-entire-issue
Posted inOctober 19, 1979: Sizing up a new fuel that may be coming soon to a pump near you
Barry Commoner boils ecology down to basics: ‘There’s no free lunch.’
Barry Commoner, the ‘Paul Revere of Ecology,’ is now stepping into the political arena to shape the Citizens Party, a group that he says will address such issues as jobs, inflation, alternative energy and citizen control of natural resources in the 1980 election. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/11.20/download-entire-issue
Posted inOctober 5, 1979: Quiet Stillwater disturbed by platinum plant
U.S. Steel urges workers: fight EPA air regs
U.S. Steel has set Lander, Wyoming, astir by announcing that unless the Environmental Protection Agency relaxes its requirements for air pollution controls at the company’s mill in Utah, it will have to close both the mill and its Wyoming mine. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/11.19/download-entire-issue
Posted inOctober 5, 1979: Quiet Stillwater disturbed by platinum plant
Ranchers’ group demands legal lasso for wild horses
With the unexpected blessing of a wild horse advocate and several environmentalists, a rancher group has filed suit to force the, federal government to thin wild horse herds in southwest Wyoming. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/11.19/download-entire-issue
Posted inOctober 5, 1979: Quiet Stillwater disturbed by platinum plant
Quiet Stillwater disturbed by platinum plant
As mining companies sniff around a huge platinum deposit along Montana’s Beartooth Mountain front, locals and state wildlife officials are wondering whether the ranching, hunting, fishing and scenery will be displaced by tunnels, roads and smelters. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/11.19/download-entire-issue
Posted inSeptember 21, 1979: Northern Tier oil pipe likely to go if dollars flow
The gentle, genial man behind the Wilderness Act
Howard Zahniser, although lesser known than Bob Marshall or John Muir, was an unlikely and humble champion of wilderness who rallied the nation behind the Wilderness Act of 1964. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/11.18/download-entire-issue
Posted inSeptember 21, 1979: Northern Tier oil pipe likely to go if dollars flow
Northern Tier oil pipe likely to go if dollars flow
The 1,500-mile Northern Tier pipeline, which would transport Alaskan crude oil from Port Angeles, Wash. to Clearbrook, Minn., is expected to be approved by Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus and President Carter. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/11.18/download-entire-issue
Posted inSeptember 21, 1979: Northern Tier oil pipe likely to go if dollars flow
Future uncertain for Hart’s ‘boomtown’ bill
Citing Craig, Colo. and Rock Springs and Gillette, Wyo. as some of the most extreme examples of communities stressed by rapid development of their energy resources, Sen. Gary Hart is pressing for federal aid to these and other boom towns. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/11.18/download-entire-issue
Posted inSeptember 7, 1979: Boulder smolders as growth struggle continues
Sagebrush Rebellion brushfires scorch feds
The so-called “Sagebrush Rebellion” has begun, and an Idaho senator says it looks as if it may become a revolution of sorts. To read this article, click the “View a PDF from the original” link below. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Sagebrush Rebellion brushfires scorch feds.
Posted inSeptember 7, 1979: Boulder smolders as growth struggle continues
Crested Butte challenges mining’s most sacred law
A group of Crested Butte, Colo., citizens are confronting the 1872 Mining Law as a way to stop AMAX, Inc. from extracting molybdenum from nearby Mt. Emmons. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/11.17/download-entire-issue
Posted inSeptember 7, 1979: Boulder smolders as growth struggle continues
Companies not leaping for synfuel subsidies yet
President Jimmy Carter’s proposals to provide incentives for the production of synthetic fuels from coal have generated little new activity from companies involved in synfuel production. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/11.17/download-entire-issue
Posted inSeptember 7, 1979: Boulder smolders as growth struggle continues
Boulder smolders as growth struggle continues
Although Boulder, Colorado’s growth-limiting ordinance passed nearly three years ago, there has been no cooling of the controversy about its philosophy and consequences. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/11.17/download-entire-issue
Posted inAugust 10, 1979: Uranium industry's expansion prospects bleak
Uranium industry’s expansion prospects bleak
The Three Mile Island nuclear accident has only added to the uranium industry’s troubles, which include the erratic price of uranium and pending political decisions. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/11.16/download-entire-issue