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The journalist has the ultimate power, a cynic once said, the power to choose whom to be co-opted by. That temptation is never greater than when you are writing about environmental policy. You can go to the environmental groups and get one set of facts. Or you can go to the industry groups and get an entirely different set of facts. Both sides have long histories of exaggeration and distortion, and there's no other realm of public policy in which it is so hard to find honest brokers, capable of offering a balanced perspective. Nonetheless, over the past couple of...

Democratic governor-elect Janet Napolitano has tapped a real estate executive, a state senator, an environmentalist and a former aide to Al Gore to make up her national resources team. Napolitano is nominating commercial real estate executive Mark Winkelman to head the Arizona Land Department, which oversees state-owned property and open spaces. Winkelman was active in Napolitano's campaign and is founder and managing partner of MGS Partners LLC. The governor-elect has picked Lori Faeth as her environmental policy advisor. Faeth currently serves as the Arizona lobbyist for the Nature Conservancy — one of the top environmental and conservation advocacy groups.Steve...

Last Update: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 18:58:10 The Peñasco Fire continued to rage out of control through the Lincoln National Forest Wednesday night, chasing residents from their homes and leaving destruction in its wake. Three homes had burned in the blaze by Wednesday evening. Flames were within a half-mile of Mayhill, a town of about 180 structures. There were unconfirmed reports of cabins and a dining hall burning at an area camp. The 1,500-acre fire jumped State Road 130 Wednesday afternoon and roared over a hillcrest towards Cox Canyon and James Canyon. At that point, the firefighting staging area was...