Opinions on natural resource issues from around the West, featuring Writers on the Range from High Country News.
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Written by Denver Post
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Monday, 08 February 2010 |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 08 February 2010 )
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Written by Missoulian
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Monday, 04 January 2010 |
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This week, Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., will hold a series of public listening sessions in five Montana towns concerning the Forest Jobs and Recreation Act proposed by Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 05 January 2010 )
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Written by Salt Lake Tribune
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Wednesday, 23 December 2009 |
The question raised by a proposal to strip-mine coal in Kane County is this: Are the temporary mining jobs worth the potential environmental damage and the possible loss of tourism that would linger after those jobs disappear?
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Written by TRIP VAN NOPPEN, Earthjustice
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Friday, 18 December 2009 |
Becoming a grandfather is cause for celebration, unless you're a coal-fired power plant.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 18 December 2009 )
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Written by Grand Junction Sentinel
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Thursday, 03 December 2009 |
State gas drilling permits in Colorado will now be good for two years, instead of one, exactly the same amount of time allowed under a federal drilling permit.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 03 December 2009 )
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Written by MARK HAVNES, Salt Lake Tribune
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Friday, 20 November 2009 |
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A coalition of environmental groups have filed a petition to stop the state's first coal strip mine on private land near Bryce Canyon National Park, which has already received preliminary approval from the state.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 20 November 2009 )
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Written by Salt Lake Tribune
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Tuesday, 10 November 2009 |
The chorus is growing, pleading with Gov. Gary Herbert to deep-six the proposed deal to divide the groundwater beneath Snake Valley between Nevada and Utah. It reportedly now includes some members of the Snake Valley Aquifer Advisory Council, a group created by state law to examine the issues. The governor should heed this call.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 11 November 2009 )
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Written by Missoulian
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Monday, 02 November 2009 |
Montana has waited for nearly 30 years for new wilderness with nothing yet to show for it. When the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act passed in March, not a single acre of the 2 million acres newly designated as wilderness was located in Montana.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 02 November 2009 )
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Written by Las Vegas Review-Journal
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Monday, 02 November 2009 |
Nevada's Constitution provides three separate but equal branches of state government: the legislative, the executive and the judicial. None has the power to supersede another's function.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 02 November 2009 )
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Written by Salt Lake Tribune
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Monday, 26 October 2009 |
In the international debate over climate change, the crucial sticking point for nations both rich and poor is the economic challenge of switching from cheap fossil fuels that emit heat-trapping gases to cleaner but presumably more expensive forms of energy.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 26 October 2009 )
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Written by Salt Lake Tribune
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Thursday, 15 October 2009 |
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar reached the right decision last week when he put eight parcels of land near Arches and Canyonlands national parks, Desolation Canyon on the Green River and Nine Mile Canyon near Price off-limits to oil and gas drilling.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 15 October 2009 )
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