William O. Douglas has articulated one of the most progressive environmental concepts of recent times: that the natural world should have legal rights. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/10.2/download-entire-issue
Defenders of nature in the nation’s highest court
Posted inJanuary 13, 1978: BPA bill shapes destiny of states in Rockies
Utilities will sue over Montana coal tax
Three utilities are planning a lawsuit against the state of Montana, claiming that the state’s 30 percent coal severance tax is illegal, exorbitant, and a violation of the interstate commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/10.1/download-entire-issue
Posted inJanuary 13, 1978: BPA bill shapes destiny of states in Rockies
Issues, politics, people, and — fun
For the activists today in what is loosely described as the “environmental movement,” the qualities of leadership that motivate them are sometimes difficult to put into words. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/10.1/download-entire-issue
Posted inJanuary 13, 1978: BPA bill shapes destiny of states in Rockies
BPA bill shapes destiny of states in Rockies
Conservationists are alarmed by a bill that would makes it easier for the Bonneville Power Administration to build power plants in Western coal-producing states. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/10.1/download-entire-issue
Posted inDecember 30, 1977: Indians wresting for control over their minerals
Outrageous hero of dignified crusade
Within the literature of conservation, which in the past has been full of praises to nature’s beauty, Edward Abbey’s full-blown rage is what distinguishes him from others. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/9.25/download-entire-issue
Posted inDecember 30, 1977: Indians wresting for control over their minerals
Indians wresting for control over their minerals
Indian tribes, given land that a hundred years ago was often considered wasteland, realize that the vast wealth of their coal, oil, gas, and uranium can represent both a threat as well as a blessing, and are taking steps to increase tribal influence over Indian-owned energy resources. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/9.25/download-entire-issue
Posted inDecember 30, 1977: Indians wresting for control over their minerals
American mania for self-sufficiency
Self-sufficiency is an idea that has done more harm than good. On close examination it is flawed at the root. More importantly, it works badly in practice. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/9.25/download-entire-issue
Posted inDecember 16, 1977: Yellowcake spilled; clean up slow, disorganized
Yellowcake spilled; clean up slow, disorganized
A highway accident on Colorado’s southeastern plains resulted in a spill of ground-up concentrate of uranium oxide, raising danger of radiation poisoning in the vicinity. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/9.24/download-entire-issue
Posted inDecember 16, 1977: Yellowcake spilled; clean up slow, disorganized
Scenic bill to protect Jackson Hole
Wyoming congressmen have introduced legislation that would establish a Jackson Hole Scenic Area, providing $200 million in federal funds to purchase scenic easements on some of the valley’s private lands. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/9.24/download-entire-issue
Posted inDecember 2, 1977: Oil development threatens forests
Stewart Udall made conservation national policy
Generations to come will look upon the work of Steward Udall — Secretary of the Interior Department under both Presidents John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson — as exceptional, a lesson of political survival combined with effective conservation. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/9.23/download-entire-issue
Posted inDecember 2, 1977: Oil development threatens forests
Oil development threatens forests
The discovery of a potential major oil and gas deposit in the heart of the Bridger-Teton National Forest in western Wyoming is creating a conflict between two highly valued resources: oil and wilderness. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/9.23/download-entire-issue
Posted inDecember 2, 1977: Oil development threatens forests
Dealing with environmental backlash: a proposal
A new term has cropped up on the political scene recently — “environmental backlash.” The same people who are warning about environmental backlash are the same people who seem to be against effective environmental protection in the first place. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/9.23/download-entire-issue
Posted inNovember 18, 1977: South Wyoming may not look like much, but ...
South Wyoming may not look like much, but …
Although the sagebrush flats of southern Wyoming appear monotonous and dry, to biologists they are a complex natural system — one that is likely to be disturbed by extraction of coal. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/9.22/download-entire-issue
Posted inNovember 18, 1977: South Wyoming may not look like much, but ...
Shale firms bypass Colorado permit process
Two Colorado environmental groups are charging that the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board is violating the law by not requiring two oil shale projects to obtain mining permits for their current phases of operation. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/9.22/download-entire-issue
Posted inNovember 18, 1977: South Wyoming may not look like much, but ...
Cutler: wilderness areas don’t have to be pristine, virgin
In the second of a two-part series, Dave Foreman responds to the argument that over-eager conservationists degrade the wilderness system by fighting to include inferior areas in it. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/9.22/download-entire-issue
Posted inNovember 4, 1977: Solar heating industry troubled by installation, operating problems
Solar heating industry troubled by installation, operating problems
The stories of solar homeowners indicate that harnessing the sun for heat by putting collectors on a roof may not be as simple as it appears. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/9.21/download-entire-issue
Posted inNovember 4, 1977: Solar heating industry troubled by installation, operating problems
Clean Air Act: making it work for you
With the passage of the Clean Air Act Amendments, much of the burden — and potential for protecting air — is shifted to states and Indian tribes. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/9.21/download-entire-issue
Posted inNovember 4, 1977: Solar heating industry troubled by installation, operating problems
Are we degrading the Wilderness System?
In the first of a two-part series, Dave Foreman responds to the argument that over-eager conservationists degrade the wilderness system by fighting to include inferior areas in it. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/9.21/download-entire-issue
Posted inOctober 21, 1977: Destined for conflict -- or destruction
Montana Power, EPA dispute blame for layoffs
After the Environmental Protection Agency shut down construction of Montana Power Co.’s Colstrip units 3 and 4 because of lack of two permits required by federal and state laws, more than a hundred laid-off construction workers have become pawns in the battle. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/9.20/download-entire-issue
Posted inOctober 21, 1977: Destined for conflict -- or destruction
In situ gas from coal: bane or boon?
An experimental burn of an underground coal seam near Hanna, Wyo., is the latest in a series of tests by the U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration to determine the feasibility of making burnable gas from coal while it’s still in the ground. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/9.20/download-entire-issue