By lowering tariffs and regulatory hurdles, the deal could make it easier to sell natural gas to Japan.
Joshua Zaffos
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Should states be responsible for protecting the atmosphere?
A youth-led climate action campaign in Oregon gets its days in court.
Posted inMay 11, 2015: The Wetland Wars
Counties use a ‘coordination’ clause to fight the feds
An obscure provision in two environmental laws is the weapon of choice in a bureaucratic Sagebrush Rebellion.
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How an international trade deal will impact Western states
The Trans-Pacific Partnership could mean more beef imports and natural gas exports.
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Fractivists target Denver to build support
A new campaign launches to stop fracking before it starts in and around Denver.
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Plan for a burn at Rocky Flats stirs lingering fears
More from the nuclear fallout department.
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Rural counties dealing with loss of fed dollars
Faced with federal subsidy cuts, counties are chopping services and clamoring for logging money
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Leaps and boundaries for Wyoming tribes
State battles Wind River tribes over expanded reservation and greater stake in energy management.
Posted inJanuary 12, 2015: What Are We Thinking?
Farewell to Theo Colborn
Marking the passing of an influential environmental scientist
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Remembering an environmental science pioneer
Theo Colborn uncovered effects of chemicals, like those used in fracking, on the human body.
Posted inDecember 8, 2014: The Great Salmon Compromise
A grouse divided
Will new federal protections rescue the Gunnison sage grouse?
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Gunnison sage grouse gets divisive ‘threatened’ listing
The decision upsets enviros and industry alike.
Posted inNovember 10, 2014: Fallout
Rocky Mountain sawmills rebound
But the industry says it needs more timber.
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Mission Ready for Climate Change
Five things the West can learn from the military about climate adaptation.
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Can Hickenlooper get his middle-of-the-road magic back?
The Colorado governor has Democratic politicians calmed and fractivists pissed.
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Want a trophy buck? Ditch the camo and get a guide
Study looks at successful types of big game hunters
Posted inAugust 18, 2014: Alaska's Uncertain Food Future
Jared Polis abandons anti-fracking initiatives
A Democratic family feud takes a surprising turn in Colorado.
Posted inSeptember 2, 2013: Of Sparrows and Sodbusters
Front Range drilldown
In the fight over oil and gas regulation, local control gains ground.
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‘Port Gamble Predicament’ inches toward resolution
Last winter, I reported on the tangle of cultural and conservation challenges surrounding western Washington’s Port Gamble Bay, documenting how the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe is in the final stages of a 160-year-long faceoff with Pope Resources. Pope is the corporate stepchild of a logging company that built a mill town called Port Gamble in […]
Posted inJanuary 21, 2013: Special issue: Natural resources education
Oil and gas companies pour money into research universities
Northwest Colorado’s Piceance Basin — 5 million acres framed by cliffs and hogbacked mountains — overlies roughly 300 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, enough to supply the nation for 50 years. It’s also ideal mule deer habitat; state wildlife managers once called it “the deer factory.” But as drilling ramps up, deer numbers plummet. […]