Off-Roaders Fight Ecos for Calif. Canyon
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By GILLIAN FLACCUS  BALLARAT, Calif. - Whoever named Surprise Canyon got it right. Mere miles from bone-dry Death Valley, the canyon cradles two unexpected jewels: a gushing mountain stream and what's left of a once-bustling silver mining town.
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By EUGENE TONG  Firefighters trying to show homeowners the do's and dont's of brush-fire protection could simply point to Rodney Kemerer's backyard in Benedict Canyon.
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GLAND, Switzerland An environmental group says earth&#39;s people are using up the planet faster than it can restore itself and the west is the chief culprit.
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California sued the E.P.A. on Wednesday, challenging its recent decision to block California rules curbing greenhouse-gas emissions from new cars and trucks.
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By David Sneed, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Feb. 19--Normally, when a wildfire blackens hundreds of acres of sensitive resources, biologists bemoan the damage the flames caused the environment.   Not Sally Krenn.   The Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
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The Golden State filed suit on Wednesday for the right to limit greenhouse-gas emissions from autos.
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By TOM ROEDER THE GAZETTE  Ranchers living near Fort Carson's Pion Canyon Maneuver Site have an unlikely ally in their battle to block a massive proposed expansion: peace activists.
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By Stephen Wall, San Bernardino County Sun, Calif.  Sep. 9--LOMA LINDA -- A slow-growth group that has fought to prevent  hillside development has filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the City  Council's approval of the new General Plan.
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Teams of firefighters hiked into the remote wilderness along the Los Angeles-Ventura County line on Monday to fight a stubborn, two-week-old wildfire that has scorched more than 116 square miles of chaparral and timber.
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By Joe Bauman Deseret Morning News  Environmentalist and recreation-oriented groups have generated 33,000 comments opposing a gas well project proposed for a location 40 miles south of Vernal.
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By Jordan Robertson  Associated Press  SAN JOSE, Calif.
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By ED SEALOVER THE GAZETTE DENVER - Colorado's top legislative leaders asked the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday to approve California's tighter emissions standards for cars, which could open the door for a similar law to be passed here in 2008.
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In California, traditional ranchers still use dogs to move flocks of sheep. But hobbyists are getting into the activity as well.
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As expected, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers has joined a group of automobile dealers in Californiaâs Central Valley to file suit against Californiaâs new regulation of CO 2 emissions.
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By Levi J. Long, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Dec. 13--Visitors are one step closer to taking a visual leap off the Grand Canyon's edge.
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By Craig Tenbroeck, North County Times, Escondido, Calif.
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An environmental group says earth&#39;s people are using up the planet faster than it can restore itself and the west is the chief culprit.