Political attacks against Arizona Congressman Morris Udall are one example of recent political backlash against environmentalism, and may be part of a larger shift toward conservatism. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/10.9/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
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Posted inMay 5, 1978: Environmentalists, backlash, and the 'New Right'
Rocky Flats nuclear protest draws thousands
An estimated 6,000 protestors flocked to the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons facility northwest of Denver, Colo., to call for the closure of the facility and an end to the nuclear arms race. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/10.9/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inApril 21, 1978: McGrew calls insulation push 'a consumer ripoff'
McGrew calls insulation push ‘a consumer ripoff’
Jay McGrew, an independent energy conservation consultant, says “the insulation business is a little bit like the insurance business. The salesmen always want to sell you more than you need.” Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/10.8/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inApril 21, 1978: McGrew calls insulation push 'a consumer ripoff'
Sun Day is May 3
Just as Earth Day 1970 is often referred to as the birthday of a wider public awareness of environmental concerns, organizers hope that Sun Day May 3 will be remembered as the one single event that brought solar energy into the public’s eye. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/10.8/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inApril 21, 1978: McGrew calls insulation push 'a consumer ripoff'
Two more reservations want Class I air quality
The Flathead and Fort Peck Indian Reservation councils have decided to seek Class I protection for their air under the Clean Air Act. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/10.8/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inApril 7, 1978: Idaho elects wilderness champ and foe to Congress
Idaho elects wilderness champ and foe to Congress
Idaho voters continue to elect both Sen. Frank Church, who has gained a national reputation as an environmental leader, as well as Rep. Steve Symms, who is known for wanting to abolish the Environmental Protection Agency. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/10.7/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inApril 7, 1978: Idaho elects wilderness champ and foe to Congress
Idahoans protest use of 2,4,5-T on forests
Vigorous protests from Idaho citizens apparently have postponed the U.S. Forest Service’s plans to spray 60,000 acres of northern Idaho forests with pesticides including 2,4,5-T — the main ingredient in Agent Orange, used during the Vietnam War — as a way remove brush and speed the regeneration of new trees in clearcuts. Download entire issue […]
Posted inApril 7, 1978: Idaho elects wilderness champ and foe to Congress
Wilderness in Rockies could save federal dollars
Some wilderness advocates argue that taxpayers benefit from more wilderness because wilderness is less expensive to manage than land managed for timber harvest and other uses. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/10.7/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 24, 1978: Colorado, maverick of the inland Western states
Carter considers land agency shuffle
Like many presidents before him, President Jimmy Carter is interested in reorganizing the agencies that manage public land; the shuffle could involve moving the U.S. Forest Service to the Interior Department. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/10.6/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 24, 1978: Colorado, maverick of the inland Western states
Colorado, maverick of the inland Western states
Colorado’s congressional delegation has the best environmental voting record of any state in the Northern Rockies. Only on the issue of water has Colorado recently voted as a typical inland Western delegation. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/10.6/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 24, 1978: Colorado, maverick of the inland Western states
USFS roadless land oil policy set
The U.S. Forest Service has issued policy guidelines for access and drilling on oil leases in roadless lands identified by the second Roadless Area Review and Evaluation (RARE II). The policy guidelines will be particularly important for national forests that lie over the Overthrust Belt. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/10.6/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 10, 1978: The West mines, mills and worships radioactive fuel
The West mines, mills and worships radioactive fuel
As with any other Western religion, the worship of uranium is a mixture of love and fear of the deity worshiped. And fear of radioactive uranium may be well justified. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/10.5/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 10, 1978: The West mines, mills and worships radioactive fuel
Uranium mines and mills move more than mountains
Exploration for uranium on Green Mountain has brought more than 800 miles of roads, and the residents in the tiny nearby town of Jeffrey City, Wyo., notice the impacts on wildlife and on the way they relate to their neighbors. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/10.5/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 10, 1978: The West mines, mills and worships radioactive fuel
Colstrip 3 and 4 mired in confusion
Montana’s Colstrip coal-fired power plant units 3 and 4 were recently about to break ground, but a state court has ruled that the plants must comply with certain provisions of the Clean Air Act, potentially delaying or permanently stopping construction. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/10.5/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inFebruary 24, 1978: North Dakota's delegation listens to agriculture
Colorado solons attack reclamation regs
Lawmakers attacking Colorado’s mined land reclamation regulations in the state senate claim that the state bureaucracy made life tougher for the mining industry than was originally intended. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/10.4/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inFebruary 24, 1978: North Dakota's delegation listens to agriculture
North Dakota’s delegation listens to agriculture
All three of North Dakota’s congressmen were first elected before the environment was a major political issue, and because the state has a strong tradition of returning incumbents to office, all three continue to be re-elected despite their generally poor environmental records. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/10.4/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inFebruary 24, 1978: North Dakota's delegation listens to agriculture
Side effects of herbicide shake EPA
Four almost four years, the Environmental Protection Agency has resisted banning the herbicide 2,4,5-T — the main ingredient of Agent Orange, used to defoliate forests during the Vietnam War — because of lack of hard evidence of its effects; now research is providing the evidence. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/10.4/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inFebruary 10, 1978: Are commercial solar systems worth the price?
Are commercial solar systems worth the price?
Enthusiasm for solar electric technology is being dampened by the reality that most consumers cannot afford it. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/10.3/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inFebruary 10, 1978: Are commercial solar systems worth the price?
IJC urges Canada to halt Poplar River Project
The Saskatchewan government has rejected a recommendation by the International Joint Comission — an independent organization that arbitrates boundary disputes between the U.S. and Canada — to halt construction of the 300 megawatt Poplar River power plant currently under construction eight miles north of the Montana border. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/10.3/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inFebruary 10, 1978: Are commercial solar systems worth the price?
Nuclear accident spurs investigation
A seal ruptured in the helium circulator of the Fort St. Vain nuclear plant at Platteville, Colo., releasing helium gas containing radioactive iodine into the plant interior and then into the outside air. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/10.3/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E