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Anti-grazing
groups buy rights away from Western ranchers.
Environmentalists are now outbidding ranchers for grazing rights on
some state land in the West, a tactic so far limited in scope but
large in potential publicity.
Christian Science Monitor; Jan. 8
Arizona
growth not likely to slacken.
Arizona grew by 40 percent over the past decade and shows no signs
of slowing; census data indicate the state will add a city the size
of Tempe each year for the foreseeable future.
Arizona Republic; Jan. 8
Idaho
residents sue Silver Valley mining companies.
A handful of current and former residents of north Idaho's Silver
Valley have filed what they hope will be a class-action suit against
the area's mining companies for allegedly impairing their health and
ruining their property values.
Idaho Statesman; Jan. 8
Idaho
governor says state should keep tax cuts, school funding.
Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne said he would keep last year' tax cuts
and preserve funding for schools, Medicaid and prisons, though he
won't release his budget and the underlying math until Wednesday.
Idaho Statesman; Jan. 8
- See related editorial in our Opinion
section.
Ranchers
challenge Tucson-area's novel conservation plans.
Precedent-setting conservation plans for the desert near Tucson are
under scrutiny by state lawmakers prodded by area ranchers.
Arizona Daily Star; Jan. 8
Time
for Idaho governor to live up to his speeches.
Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne gave the expected polished state of the
state speech Monday but left few clues as to whether voters can at
last expect leadership and execution.
Idaho Statesman; Jan. 8
Colorado's
expensive colleges could learn from Wyoming.
Colorado lawmakers should note that low-income students can afford
to go to any of Wyoming's colleges and none of Colorado's.
Denver Post; Jan. 8
Anti-rodeo
protesters had their say about Olympics.
The Olympic Organizing Committee gave animal rights advocates a fair
hearing but in the end correctly decided to proceed with the Olympic
rodeo.
Deseret News; Jan. 7
Bush
may allow resumption of nuclear testing in Nevada.
President Bush may open an option to resume nuclear testing in Nevada,
part of the president's plans for reducing the nation's nuclear stockpile.
Washington Post; Jan. 8
Canadian
Arctic pipeline plan jumps ahead of Alaskan proposal.
A group of oil and gas companies has pushed a plan for a natural gas
pipeline from the Mackenzie Delta ahead of a competing plan in Alaska.
National Post; Jan. 8
Colorado
one of the best for protecting residents from fumes.
Colorado has become a leader for finding and cleaning up toxic gases
inside residential homes, mainly because state officials have been
tougher than the EPA.
Denver Post; Jan. 8
- EPA's
computer model suspect.
The computer model the EPA uses to decide whether homes are dangerously
contaminated with industrial solvent fumes seriously underestimated
the risk in one Denver-area home and probably in hundreds of cases
across the country.
Denver Post; Jan. 7
Wind
power project a milestone in Montana economy.
Montana Power Co. has awarded a $120 million contract to a Missoula
firm to build 115 wind turbines on at least three sites, in what could
be the largest non-road construction project since Colstrip.
Missoulian; Jan. 6
- Project,
contract buffeted by questions.
Questions about the project and the contract could shape the future
of Montana's energy supply and the alternative energy industry.
Missoula Independent; Jan. 3
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