AltWeeklies Wire
Cry Me a Rivernew
The battle for water in the West is not just about who owns it. It's also about how to keep it clean.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
12-27-2010 |
Environment
Freshwater Fisticuffs: Warring For Water Rightsnew
Now that logging has slowed to a trickle, will there be water barons crawling out of the woodwork to exploit what might be Oregon’s most valuable resource in an era of climate change?
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
12-09-2010 |
Environment
War of the Energy Worldsnew
A coalition of Nevadans say wind and geothermal power could achieve the same goals as a coal-burning plant proposed for the Nevada desert without environmental devastation.
Reno News & Review |
Deidre Pike |
07-26-2005 |
Environment
Tags: Sierra Club, San Diego, acid-rain-causing nitrogen oxide (NOx) and sulfur dioxide (SOx), cartographer, Friends of Nevada Wilderness, Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada, Public Resource Associates, Sempra Energy compressed coal-burning plant, Smoke Creek Desert, supply power to California. David Rumsey, the Gerlach General Improvement District and the Pyramid Lake Tribe, toxic emissions, Washoe County, Western Resource Advocates, Wildlife
Biologist and Environmentalists Clash Over a Mouse's Statusnew
Rob Ramey found that the Preble's jumping mouse, classified as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act in 1998, is no different from a lot of other mice running around. Environmentalists worry about the consequences if his finding prevails.
Westword |
David Holthouse |
01-26-2005 |
Environment
Rocky Mountain National Park Gets Loved to Deathnew
Besieged by 3 million visitors a year and another 3 million polluting neighbors at its doorstep, Colorado's premier national park is a vanishing wilderness.
Westword |
Alan Prendergast |
09-29-2004 |
Environment
Tags: Colorado, environment, National Park Service, Wildlife, Colorado River, Bear Lake Road, climbing guide, Coalition of Concerned National Park Service Retirees, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Colorado's Fourteeners, elk herd, Enos Mills, Estes Park, Fort Collins or Boulder, George Wallace, Gerry Roach, Mark Magnuson, National Parks Conservation Association, natural resources, naturalist, nitrogen emissions, park biologist Karl Cordova, retirees, Rocky Mountains, RVs, U.S. Geological Survey ecologist Jill Baron
