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  • Two weeks in the West

    Wind and solar energy projects ramp up across the West; Conservation Reserve Program ramps down; the West’s volcanic history; potatoes are good for you.

    by Sarah Gilman, May 12, 2008

  • The (non)idiot’s guide to energy

    In Power of the People: America’s New Electricity Choices, energy specialist Carol Sue Tombari has written a concise and remarkably readable book about the best way to tackle our nation’s energy problems.

    by Allen Best, May 26, 2008
  • Revival or dam-nation?

    Revival or dam-nation?

    The push for alternative power could spawn a rush for small hydropower projects in the Northwest.

    by Joshua Zaffos, Jul 31, 2009

  • Living Within Our Means: Beyond the Fossil Fuel Credit Card

    Engineer and city councilman Kamyar Enshayan considers the inevitable end of the fossil fuel joyride

    by Staff, Dec 12, 2005
  • Would you want to live near a wind farm?

    Would you want to live near a wind farm?

    Everybody believes in alternative energy, but very few people want to live next to giant wind turbines.

    by Marty Durlin, Mar 12, 2009
  • INNOVATE, Part III

    INNOVATE, Part III

    Westerners have a knack for new and innovative thinking, such as: Redefining rancher politics, A rediscovered renewable, Creating public nooks and crannies and more.

    by Marty Durlin, Ray Ring, Sandra Tassel, Sarah Gilman, Terray Sylvester, Jennifer Anderson , Mar 12, 2009

  • Fill 'er up with moonshine

    Chris Myles plans to fuel his vehicles with homebrewed ethanol, made in a still he built at his home in Silverton, Colo.

    by Fletcher Jacobs, Jan 22, 2007

  • Renewable Energy Standards: How do states match up?

    Six Western states now have renewable energy standards

    by Laura Paskus, May 02, 2005

  • Testing the waters

    New technologies may soon be able to tap the power in Western waves and tides to generate electricity, but critics are already worried about the impacts

    by Kate Galbraith, Aug 20, 2007

  • Two weeks in the West

    Coal-mining is always a dangerous business; wild horse problems in Nevada; biofuel boondoggle?; and biofuel bio the numbers.

    by Jonathan Thompson, Sep 03, 2007
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