Energy
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Current
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 -
Writers on the Range
Why bother cooking what nature failed to finish?
A tar sands development proposed for Utah is insane on every level: economically, environmentally and just practically.
by Mike Duncan, Mar 20, 2011 -
Current
Lakeview renewable projects proposed and in progress
by Jim Walls at Lake County Resource Initiative, Mar 20, 2011 -
Feature
Montana transmission lines draw opposition from all sides
Republicans battle Republicans, environmentalists battle environmentalists, over power lines for wind and solar energy.
by Brad Tyer, Mar 17, 2011 -
Feature
Major proposed and existing transmission lines in the West
by Source: Western Electricity Coordinating Council, Mar 06, 2011 -
Letters
Bigger isn't always better
by Gregory Reis, Mar 06, 2011 -
Current
Unpacking health hazards in fracking's chemical cocktail
A look at the ingredients used in hydraulic fracturing fluid in Wyoming.
by Sierra Crane-Murdoch, Feb 20, 2011 -
Multimedia
Inside Taft High
Teacher Ted Pendergrass and his students take us inside the first high school in the country devoted to oil production.
by Molly Samuel, Feb 13, 2011 -
Current
Fast Times at California's Petroleum High
A day in the life of the U.S.'s first high school academy devoted to oil production.
by Jeremy Miller, Feb 13, 2011 -
Current
The latest: Biomass emissions
The EPA will not regulate greenhouse gas emissions from biomass facilities for the next three years.
by Jodi Peterson, Feb 06, 2011 -
Current
The latest: Wyoming Range
PXP will be allowed to develop 136 gas natural gas wells in the Wyoming Range.
by Emilene Ostlind, Jan 23, 2011 -
Current
Decades of drilling
A graphic shows how Western states stack up against Texas and the Eastern U.S. when it comes to oil and gas drilling.
by Cally Carswell, Jan 23, 2011 -
Multimedia
Pinon Ridge uranium mill clears state hurdle
Colorado moves one step closer to kickstarting a new Western uranium boom.
by Nathan Rice, Jan 18, 2011 -
Multimedia
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 -
Feature
Oil and Water Don't Mix with California Agriculture
In Kern County, Calif., the oil industry shares land and water with fruit-growers and farmers -- not always comfortably.
by Jeremy Miller, Dec 15, 2010






