Results for keyword: energy
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Wyoming hits a green roadblock
Bill Sniffin says the state called the “Saudi Arabia of coal” may find its product less desirable in the face of global warming.
by Bill Sniffin, Jan 21, 2008 -
An octopus wants to eat the West
Pepper Trail says a proposed energy corridor for the region will chew up huge amounts of public and private land: Comments are due by Feb. 14.
by Pepper Trail, Jan 21, 2008 -
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 -
You can’t stop nature
Pepper Trail warns us that we continue to tinker with nature at our peril.
by Pepper Trail, Dec 10, 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 -
Two weeks in the West
Coal-fired power plants don’t get no respect; nuclear is nudging its way in; resort real estate is hot as plutonium
by Jonathan Thompson, Aug 20, 2007 -
Hot time in the city
In the dog days of a hot summer, Allen Best wonders if air conditioning is altogether a good thing.
by Allen Best, Aug 13, 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 -
Cow power
In Idaho’s Magic Valley, cow capital of the fourth-largest milk-producing state in the U.S., entrepreneurs are hoping to cash in on all that manure by using anaerobic digesters to convert it into energy
by Michelle Blank, May 14, 2007 -
Sans petrol
Willits, Calif., is one of a growing number of communities trying to prepare for a post-oil world by becoming economically and agriculturally sustainable.
by Tim Holt, Feb 19, 2007
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