Tom Arrandale

Tom Arrandale is a GOVERNING correspondent. He writes the Sustainability newsletter, which features the latest news on the people, policies and programs that are helping to create a new generation of sustainable, smart, more livable communities. Tom Arrandale is a graduate of Dartmouth College and the University of Missouri School of Journalism. A native of upstate New York, he lived in Albuquerque, N.M., for 25 years and is now based in Livingston, Mont. He reports on environmental issues, including whether expanding cities and declining rural communities can prosper continuously while adapting to the natural capacity of their air, water and landscapes.

Recent Articles

  • A Pox on Both Houses
  • Feb 1, 2005
  • When it comes to the acrimonious debate over threats to the environment, neither side has anything to be proud of right now.

  • On the Wild Side
  • Dec 1, 2004
  • Local officials who govern the counties will determine whether their rich biological legacies will be squandered.

  • Beyond the Basin
  • Dec 1, 2004
  • Many states are revisiting their laws that govern how water is allocated.

  • Predator Politics
  • Nov 1, 2004
  • Wolves are back in Montana, and many of the citizens are upset about it. Carolyn Sime has the task of calming people down.Carolyn Sime had a stress-free job in the Montana backcountry that any lover of the outdoors would envy.

  • Kids at Risk
  • Oct 1, 2004
  • Contaminants dangerous to children may be falling through the cracks of pollution-control and public health regulations.

  • The Pit and the Pentium
  • Sep 1, 2004
  • As concern grows about keeping obsolete computers and TVs out of landfills, two distinct models are emerging for how states can deal with electronic waste.


  • Mercury Madness
  • Jun 1, 2004
  • States' efforts to crack down on the toxic metals that industry spews into the air and water are being sabotaged.

  • Setting Up a Box Score
  • Apr 1, 2004
  • Regulators depend on inspectors' hunches, citizens' complaints or luck to find festering pollution problems.

  • Trading For Clean Water
  • Apr 1, 2004
  • States and localities are intrigued by proposals to create market mechanisms for solving intractable water-pollution problems.

  • Spitzer Attack
  • Feb 1, 2004
  • Attorneys general are taking the lead in trying to force a crackdown on power plants that pollute across state lines.

  • A Growth Industry
  • Dec 1, 2003
  • The volume of trash is escalating as consumers buy more and more food and drinks in throwaway containers.


  • EPA In The Balance
  • Oct 1, 2003
  • Many Western governors, Utah's Leavitt among them, want to meet national EPA standards by using local approaches.

  • Calculating Cleanliness
  • Aug 1, 2003
  • An EPA draft reportprovides a roadmap for compiling data and mapping trends to pinpoint environmental threats.


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