Glacier Park on Thin Ice
The national preserve's namesakes offer a highly visible omen of climate change: Ice dating to the Stone Age will soon vanish.

When naturalists first hiked through Glacier National Park more than a century ago, 150 glaciers graced its high cliffs and jagged peaks. Today there are 35. The cold slivers that remain are disintegrating so fast that scientists estimate the park will have no glaciers in 30 years.
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Oil, Air, Energy Laws In Play
Environmentalists Fear New Senate

Suddenly, President Bush's proposals to drill for oil in an Alaskan wilderness, boost energy exploration in the Rockies and consider changes to some major environmental laws are back in play, following the Republicans' resounding success in the Nov. 5 congressional elections.
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