Results for keyword: solar power
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The Renewable Energy Landscape
Maps, charts and text locate the nation's major renewable energy resources and some big projects on Western public land.
by Terray Sylvester, Jun 29, 2009 -
From Pickups to PV
Utility brings solar power to far-flung Navajos
by Daniel Kraker, Jun 24, 2009 -
Thinking Past the Moment
The Sierra Club's Carl Zichella discusses the balancing act involved in finding the best -- and least environmentally sensitive -- places to put big renewable energy projects
by Sarah Gilman, Jun 22, 2009 -
Growing Away from Big Coal
In Colorado and New Mexico, some rural electric cooperatives are quietly fighting to get more of their power from local and renewable sources.
by Susan Moran , Jun 19, 2009 -
Modern-day La Mancha
Are wind-turbine-fighting environmentalists re-enacting Don Quixote's crusade against windmills -- while ignoring the real monster of climate change?
by Jonathan Thompson , Jun 17, 2009 -
Let's Get Small
Can 'hamster power' -- distributed generation and small-scale renewable energy projects -- save the West, and the world?
by Judith Lewis, Jun 15, 2009 -
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 -
Lawmakers chop up renewable-energy fund
Congress slashes the Energy Department’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program in favor of directing money toward energy projects in lawmakers’ home districts
by Laura Paskus, Feb 06, 2006 -
Congressional group plans for oil's decline
Rep. Tom Udall, D-N.M., and Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, R-Md., have formed the Congressional Peak Oil Caucus to discuss preparing for life after "peak oil" – when worldwide oil supplies can no longer meet demand
by Brett Wilkison, Feb 06, 2006 -
Renewable Energy Standards: How do states match up?
Six Western states now have renewable energy standards
by Laura Paskus, May 02, 2005






