See the ‘backyards’ of the West

Editor-in-Chief Brian Calvert described dams as “providing clean hydropower” (“Compromise amid the canyons,” HCN, 9/4/17). Actually, a spate of new research shows that there is basically no free greenhouse-gas lunch when it comes to generating electricity, and the burden of hydropower is increasingly coming into focus. The news is not good. For example, a recent […]

I read Brian Calvert’s “Down the Dark Mountain” essay in the July 24 issue. He is entitled to his opinion; however, his language needs cleaning up! I have been very unhappy with the liberal bias that this publication has developed over the last few years, but seeing the F-word used sealed it for me: You […]

Krista Langlois’ article “Busting the big one” (HCN, 9/4/17) aptly describes the existential dilemma of whether or not draining Lake Powell into Lake Mead would increase/maximize the amount of water available for human use. If more studies are carried out to determine the best storage of available Colorado River water now and into the foreseeable […]

Thanks for the nice article about the Elwha (“The Elwha, Unleashed,” HCN, 9/4/17). It jogged some memories and provided some amusing solace and closure. Twenty-five years ago, I owned a one-quarter interest in an offshore racing sailboat. On the already very eventful return trip from a race to Hawaii, our boat hit a log in […]