High Country News

States lead charge against global warming

With the federal government dragging its feet, Western states are beginning to take action to deal with greenhouse gas emissions and global warming

by April Reese, Oct 17, 2005
Cross(border) winds

Facing tough opposition in the Southern California desert, companies look to build renewable energy plants in Mexico.

by Matthew Fleischer, Feb 14, 2010
High Country Views, Big solar marches on

Cally Carswell talks with HCN contributing editor Judith Lewis about the muscle the feds are putting behind solar energy development on public land.

by Cally Carswell, Dec 27, 2010
Voters shape energy policy by choosing utility regulators

Races for seats on state commissions that oversee utilities are among the most important elections you’ve never heard of. They could decide the future of renewable energy in Montana and Arizona this year.

by Ray Ring, Nov 02, 2012
Rural Oregon timber county seeks economic revival through renewables

Rural Lake County, Ore., has gone from a timber economy to one based on producing - and exporting - renewable energy.

by Lee van der Voo, Mar 27, 2011
Let's Get Small

Can 'hamster power' -- distributed generation and small-scale renewable energy projects -- save the West, and the world?

by Judith Lewis, Jun 15, 2009
A political speech the West needs to hear

High Country News imagines – and delivers – the kind of speech about our energy future that the West needs to hear from its next president.

by Ray Ring, Jan 21, 2008
Power from the underground

Geothermal power heats up in Reno, Nev., as the West begins to pay more attention to its underground energy resources.

by James Yearling, Feb 18, 2008
Two weeks in the West

Despite a cold winter, the West is still warming; the Southern Nevada Water Authority has wild ideas about water; renewable energy is on a roll, but expensive Western resorts are not; neglected Forest Service roads make a mess in the Pacific Northwest.

by Sarah Gilman, Apr 14, 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