Let’s get one thing straight: The EPA’s plan to limit greenhouse-gas emissions from standing sources is nothing radical. States may sue, a bipartisan swarm of senators may politick to stop it, and energy lobbyists may fret about jobs and the economy, but no matter what the alarmists say, the rule won’t shut anyone down. It […]
Judith Lewis
Posted inApril 26, 2010: Nevada's Pot of Gold
Nevada’s Golden Child
Is the state’s hardrock mining industry losing its grip?
Posted inDecember 7, 2009: Dueling Claims
The ghost of Tulare
Reviving an ancient lake may help solve California’s water woes
Posted inOctober 26, 2009: The newest Westerners
Watts of water
Will pumped storage help power the West’s renewable energy boom?
Posted inAugust 31, 2009: The dark side of dairies
Lawless future
Hard times extra hard for state parks
Posted inJune 15, 2009: Let's Get Small
Let’s Get Small
Can ‘hamster power’ help save the West’s landscapes — and the world?
Posted inMay 4, 2009: Salmon Salvation
High Noon
As the climate warms, environmentalists square off over Big Solar’s claim to the Mojave Desert
Posted inArticles
Finding a nuclear waste dump
Judith Lewis speaks about her story on Yucca Mountain
Posted inJanuary 19, 2009: Blood Quantum
Mountain of doubt
Will the country’s only planned nuclear waste dump survive Obama?
Posted inOctober 27, 2008: Prophets and politics
The coming quake
Is Los Angeles ready for the Big One?
Posted inJune 9, 2008: Why the West needs Mythic Cowboys
Walking on a Wire
Los Angeles needs green power. Does it have to tear up the desert to get it?
Posted inFebruary 4, 2008: Unnatural Preservation
The Chaparralian
California’s raging fires fuel one man’s fight for the much-maligned “elfin forest”
Posted inSeptember 4, 2006: Blast from the Past
Retooling a Leviathan
The challenges of keeping an aging nuclear infrastructure alive
Posted inSeptember 4, 2006: Blast from the Past
Waste disposal the industry’s Achilles’ heel
Note: This article is a sidebar to one of this issue’s feature stories, “Retooling a Leviathan.” The first nuclear reactor in the United States went online at Shippingport, Pa., in 1956. Since then, the nation’s nuclear power industry has generated at least a few hundred tons of spent fuel per year. The highly radioactive waste […]