http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 11. http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.9/the-fading-arizona-town-of-gila-bend-bets-big-on-solar At last -- a place to put utility scale plants that won't ruin the desert. But will politics and the economy get in the way? No publisher Judith Lewis Mernit renewable energy Amargosa Farm Road project desert tortoises Frederick Buss industrial solar Debbie Lesko environmental movement insolation Abengoa Gila Bend, Arizona Solana California electricity supply Sonoran Desert housing crisis endangered species economic recovery Solar Millennium real estate bust irrigation, Solar Field BrightSource Energy endangered desert plants Eric Fitzer utility-scale solar projects water supply global warming photovoltaic panels Jan Brewer BLM lad energy transmission lines solar energy Arizona politics Big Solar Overlay Zone Arizona Public Service agricultural lan Mojave Desert Arizona Legislature Sempra Energy climate change Gila Bend, Arizona, 2012-06-04T15:10:14Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.9/the-fading-arizona-town-of-gila-bend-bets-big-on-solar/can-solar-produce-long-lasting-jobs Constructing solar energy plants provides well-paying jobs, but most of the work is only temporary. No publisher Judith Lewis Mernit solar energy Arizona NRG Solar industrial solar recession Dateland utility-scale solar projects agricultural jobs long-term employment First Solar Agua Caliente Solar Project solar energy jobs 2012-05-25T23:11:06Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.18/solar-spree New solar energy projects are coming to California and Nevada. No publisher Cally Carswell solar energy SunCatcher solar dishes renewable energy flat-tailed horned lizard Mojave Desert BLM land 2010-10-26T22:57:02Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/counties-take-steps-to-build-a-new-energy-economy Three forward-looking Colorado counties are helping homeowners obtain loans for greater energy efficiency. No publisher Peter Runyon and Jim Starr solar energy weatherization Property Assessed Clean Energy program economic stimulus Bill Ritter energy efficiency Colorado Governor's Energy Office 2010-02-05T08:55:24Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/for-the-love-of-wastelands Is it possible to develop large-scale solar projects and transmission lines without sacrificing the West’s wide-open landscapes and deserts? No publisher Sarah Gilman solar energy deserts renewable energy oil and gas drilling western landscapes wind power transmission lines 2010-02-05T09:32:00Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.8/high-noon Environmentalists are arguing passionately over large-scale solar development on California's Mojave Desert. No publisher Judith Lewis energy transmission lines solar energy Jim Harvey BrightSource Energy BLM Mojave Desert Sierra Club Ivanpah Valley desert ecosystems 2010-02-05T08:37:47Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.5/innovate Westerners have a knack for new and innovative thinking, as this special issue of HCN shows. No publisher Ray Ring, Tom Beal, Emily Underwood, Terray Sylvester, Sarah Gilman think tanks Utah artists Peter Samuelson innovative thinking DAISY Consortium DAISY readers Grant Stumbaugh audio books George Goertz astronomers sunlight-concentrating solar generators Windustry Eric Lindeman Adam Price physicists scientists Wyoming wind farms inventors Intellectual Ventures 337 Project Roger Angel George Kerscher global warming the Art Truck blindness Jason Zasa housing problem art galleries solar energy Records for the Blind & Dyslexic brainstorming sessions cooperatives Nathan Myhrvold Slater Wind Energy Association portable shelters public art wind power EDAR homelessness e-books 2010-02-05T08:38:00Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/314/16043 The Colorado Public Utilities Commission finally releases rules for implementing Amendment 37, the state’s renewable standards law No publisher Laura Paskus Renewable Energy Renewable energy solar energy wind power Amendment 37 Colorado Public Utilities Commission Xcel Energy Aquila Intermountain Rural Electric Association United Power Heidi Stortz Ken Regelson Colorado Springs Utilities photovoltaic systems ener 2010-02-05T08:56:33Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/288/15153 HCN lays out the West's 10 most critical issues and the paths toward positive results on everything from energy development and drought to federal agency practices and endangered species. 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Bush Dick Cheney solar energy wind energy John Kerry John McCain Harry Reid Janet Napolitano global warming 2010-02-05T09:22:08Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/282/14990 In November, Coloradans will have the chance to vote on a citizen-proposed renewable-energy initiative, but the utilities are working hard to defeat it No publisher Laura Paskus Politics Elections Renewable Energy Renewable energy Lola Spradley Mark Udall Randy Udall Colorado Rural Electric Association rural electric cooperatives biomass wind energy solar energy Environment Colorado Coloradans for Clean Energy Citizens for Sensible Energy Choices Xce 2010-02-05T09:21:05Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/297/15466 Colorado citizens voted last November to increase their state’s reliance on power from the wind and sun, but King Coal still rules the state, and the White House seems determined to keep it on the throne No publisher Laura Paskus Delta-Montrose renewable energy Matt Baker Environment Colorado Lamar Light and Wind energy Lamar Power electricity power plants Shell WindEnergy Elec power Renewable Energy Dan McClendon PPM Energy Rick Rigel Coal solar energy Colorado coal electric utilities 2010-02-05T09:24:28Z News Article