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  • Book Reviews

    Self-reliant homes

    Review of The Independent Home: Living Well with Power from the Sun, Wind and Water by Michael Potts.

  • Book Reviews

    Renewable energy festival

    First annual Freedom Festival will celebrate energy independence.

  • News

    Low-tech ants give a high-tech Idaho lab fits

    Harvester ants are stymieing nuclear waste disposal at INEL by digging tunnels and moving radioactive dirt.

  • News

    Five star visitor complex

    Bureau of Reclamation builds a "Disneyland" Hoover Dam visitor center; cost will up power prices for area customers.

  • News

    Same old DOE?

    GAO reports say DOE has yet to investigate corrupt practices.

  • Book Reviews

    Wind in the West

    New wind turbines spur four wind-power projects in the West.

  • News

    Power plant disappears

    Proposal for nuclear energy plant near Show Low, Ariz., wasn't real.

  • News

    BLM OKs drilling near cave, sort of

    BLM will allow drilling for gas near Carlsbad Caverns National Park, with some reservations.

  • News

    A bright idea

    A federal grant will install residential solar systems for rural customers.

  • Book Reviews

    Rural co-ops must change

    Western Area Power Administration plan would require utilities to use Integrated Resource Planning.

  • Book Reviews

    Energy Fair

    Energy fair scheduled in Montrose, Colorado.

  • News

    Radiation experiments raise ethical questions

    Controversy continues to surround Dr. C. Alvin Paulsen's experiments on Washington State Penitentiary inmates.

  • Book Reviews

    Sun Day

    Sun Day festivities planned.

  • News

    Chevron drops leases

    Chevron USA surrenders oil and gas leases in Bridger-Teton National Forest.

  • Book Reviews

    Workers need protection

    Government study says nuclear cleanup workers' health and safety neglected.

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