Note: This article is a sidebar to one of this issue’s feature stories, Northwest is asked to give up 18 dams. Andy Kerr’s proposal to dismantle or not build 18 dams rests in part on the fact that Americans in 1992 recycled 67.9 percent of their aluminum cans. That recycling saved an immense amount of […]
Climate change
Posted inDecember 27, 1993: Yellowstone
The bottom line on pollution
Protesters moon a coal-fired narrow-gauge train to protest pollution. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline The bottom line on pollution.
Posted inDecember 27, 1993: Yellowstone
‘Empty’ county can’t find room for trash
Wayne County, Utah, can’t find a place for its garbage due to tougher federal regulations. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline ‘Empty’ county can’t find room for trash.
Posted inNovember 1, 1993: Sunbelt confrontation
Waste goes west
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Waste goes west.
Posted inSeptember 20, 1993: Triumph, Idaho, to EPA: Get out
Testing for toxics
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare report on arsenic and lead levels in blood samples of Triumph residents suggests no need for concern. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Testing for toxics.
Posted inSeptember 20, 1993: Triumph, Idaho, to EPA: Get out
Triumph, Idaho, to EPA: Get Out
Locals balk at EPA’s plan to declare Triumph, Idaho, a Superfund site due to mining waste. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Triumph, Idaho, to EPA: Get Out.
Posted inSeptember 20, 1993: Triumph, Idaho, to EPA: Get out
Rural Colorado county says it is being dumped on
An advocacy group charges that a Waste Management landfill is contaminating their water supply. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Rural Colorado county says it is being dumped on.
Posted inSeptember 20, 1993: Triumph, Idaho, to EPA: Get out
Triumph: A great place to grow kids and fish
Profile of Triumph, an Idaho town that could be declared a Superfund site by the EPA. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Triumph: A great place to grow kids and fish.
Posted inSeptember 20, 1993: Triumph, Idaho, to EPA: Get out
State of Idaho wants to lead the cleanup drive at Triumph
State struggles to find money to pay for the tailings cleanup at Triumph, Idaho. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline State of Idaho wants to lead the cleanup drive at Triumph.
Posted inJune 28, 1993: Now showing in the Grand Canyon: L.A. smog
Floods fade, fires feared
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Floods fade, fires feared.
Posted inJune 28, 1993: Now showing in the Grand Canyon: L.A. smog
How L-P soiled the air and itself
Louisiana-Pacific is fined $11.1 million for violating the Clean Air Act. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline How L-P soiled the air and itself.
Posted inJune 28, 1993: Now showing in the Grand Canyon: L.A. smog
The blurring of the West
Governors of eight Western states begin work on a strategy to protect the region’s world-class air before it’s too late. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline The blurring of the West.
Posted inMay 31, 1993: Salmon advocates say: the quiet slaughter continues
The Northwest turns wet again
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline The Northwest turns wet again.
Posted inMay 3, 1993: Now that Denver has abdicated ... who will coordinate and inspire the West?
Don’t breathe the carpet
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Don’t breathe the carpet.
Posted inMay 3, 1993: Now that Denver has abdicated ... who will coordinate and inspire the West?
Disastrous deluge
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Disastrous deluge.
Posted inApril 5, 1993: Special issue: Small towns under seige
Drought in the Northwest hurts salmon, power
Diminished reservoirs slow salmon migration and hike power prices in the Pacific Northwest. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Drought in the Northwest hurts salmon, power.
Posted inMarch 22, 1993: The dam that won't die
Burning bill
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Burning bill.
Posted inFebruary 22, 1993: The continuing saga of New Mexico's Gray Ranch
Bottles up
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Bottles up.
Posted inFebruary 22, 1993: The continuing saga of New Mexico's Gray Ranch
Words into chairs
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Words into chairs.
Posted inFebruary 22, 1993: The continuing saga of New Mexico's Gray Ranch
West Drinks deeply of winter storms
Long droughts end in western states. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline West Drinks deeply of winter storms.