High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 4. California clean energy rules may impede imports from rest of West http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.9/the-fading-arizona-town-of-gila-bend-bets-big-on-solar/california-clean-energy-rules-may-impede-imports-from-rest-of-west Renewable energy developers have long relied on selling to California, but recent changes make it harder for outsiders to access the market. No publisher Steve Ernst Iberdrola Renewables transmission grids Pacific Gas and Electric electricity dynamic transfer California renewable energy California energy market renewable portfolio standards Interstate Commerce clause Columbia Gorge wind farms solar power, wind power 2012-05-25T23:50:43Z News Article California's farmers ditch dirty diesel pumps http://www.hcn.org/issues/291/15262 California’s two largest utility companies are encouraging farmers to switch from polluting diesel irrigation pumps to electric ones No publisher J.M. McCord Agriculture Irrigation Energy Utilities Air Pollution Pacific Gas and Electric Southern California Edison California Public Utilities Commission air pollution irrigation pumps diesel Clean Air Act 2010-02-05T09:23:10Z News Article Toxic chemical creeping toward Colorado River http://www.hcn.org/issues/275/14763 Chromium 6 is moving from the California desert toward the Colorado River, and officials fear it might contaminate the drinking water supply of 20 million people No publisher Jodi Peterson Pollution Groundwater Chromium 6 Colorado River groundwater contamination pollution carcinogens toxic chemicals Erin Brockovich Needles California Pacific Gas and Electric Metropolitan Water District drinking water Environmental Protection Agency 2010-02-05T09:57:24Z News Article Persistence frees the Mokelumne: River advocate Pete Bell http://www.hcn.org/issues/270/14626 Former rock-n-roll drummer Pete Bell is dedicated to keeping California’s Mokelumne River as free-flowing as possible No publisher Tim Holt Rivers Pete Bell Mokelumne River California Sierra Nevada hydropower dams and water projects Federal Energy Regulatory Commission FERC Federal Power Act Pacific Gas and Electric California Hydropower Reform Coalition 2010-02-05T09:56:39Z News Article