Results for keyword: alternative energy
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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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Wind power will blow your mind
Dennis Hinkamp says that even though wind power – like everything else – is bound to have a downside, it’s the right way for us to go.
by Dennis Hinkamp, Aug 13, 2007 -
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






