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Results for keyword: coal-fired power plants

  • Trouble in the PRB

    Trouble in the PRB

    Environmentalists are attacking "the heart of the beast": the coal mines in Wyoming's Powder River Basin.

    by Cally Carswell, Nov 09, 2010

  • Coal reality check

    The coal industry may be wounded, but it’s certainly not dead.

    by Cally Carswell, Nov 08, 2010
  • From Pickups to PV

    From Pickups to PV

    Utility brings solar power to far-flung Navajos

    by Daniel Kraker, Jun 24, 2009

  • Kansas -- yes, Kansas -- leads the way toward innovation

    Allen Best applauds Kansas for denying permits to two proposed coal-fired power plants because of concerns about greenhouse gases.

    by Allen Best, Nov 12, 2007

  • The Sunflower State says a historic no to coal

    Allen Best applauds Kansas for denying permits to two proposed coal-fired power plants because of concerns about greenhouse gases.

    by Allen Best, Nov 12, 2007

  • When it comes to subsidies, coal wins

    Russ Doty compares the government subsidies given to wind power with those given to coal, and finds that coal is the true welfare king.

    by Russ Doty, Sep 24, 2007

  • Who gets to produce electricity is galvanizing the West

    In the rural West, some electricity co-ops are taking a surprising stand against over-reliance on coal-fired power.

    by Allen Best, Jun 25, 2007

  • Lost in the Land of the Ugly Stepsister

    Great Falls, Mont., suffers from the Ugly Stepsister Syndrome, a cognitive disorder that makes it willing to trade a Lewis and Clark historic landmark for a dirty coal-fired power plant

    by Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs, Jun 25, 2007

  • Magic Valley Uprising

    An unusual grassroots coalition of citizen activists stops a coal-fired merchant power plant from being built in Idaho’s Magic Valley

    by Ray Ring, May 01, 2006

  • California, here we come

    California has a lot to teach the Interior West – particularly about clean energy and water conservation

    by Paul Larmer, May 01, 2006
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