http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.6/sacrificial-land-will-renewable-energy-devour-the-mojave An unlikely group of activists is championing a new bill to protect the Mojave Desert. But even if it passes, large swaths of once empty land will be developed. No publisher Judith Lewis Mernit utility scale solar power China Farm Date Ranch Death Valley National Park Mojave Desert wind power California Desert Protection Act Desert Tortoise Joshua Tree National Park Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System 2013-04-22T15:09:43Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.6/redefining-renewable-to-get-a-clean-energy-bill-through-congress As his retirement looms, Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., pushes a "clean energy" bill, one that broadens the energy mix beyond traditional "renewable" sources. No publisher Judith Lewis Mernit renewable energy legislation Obama energy policy natural gas electricity climate change Hot Times Republicans tidal power biomass hydropower geothermal Clean Energy Standards Act of 2012 Democrats energy efficiency nuclear power solar power fossil fuels wind power Jeff Bingaman methane 2012-07-16T17:53:57Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.22/boulder-colo-votes-for-energy-independence-from-its-corporate-utility After a hard-fought political campaign the town of Boulder passed a ballot initiative allowing it to create its own municipal utility in order to help reach its ambitious environmental goals. No publisher Nathan Rice Xcel Energy 2011 election climate change political campaigns community choice aggregation electrical rates corporate utilities urban sustainability electricity power lines natural gas Colorado ballot initiatives Kyoto Protocol renewable energy public utilities power plants coal power Boulder politics municipal utilities global warming power transmission solar power power municipalization wind power Boulder Measure 2C 2012-08-14T16:05:30Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.19/feds-attempt-to-speed-complicated-process-of-building-power-lines The Obama administration's electrical transmission permitting agencies are cooperating to speed grid updates and fast track clean energy projects, as demand for power grows. No publisher Sarah Gilman Western transmission projects FERC electrical grid Ken Salazar Rapid Response Team for Transmission electricity power lines Obama environmental policy Gateway West greater sage grouse Obama and the West BLM wind power Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Paul Christensen renewable energy Cassia County Commission transmission lines Obama energy policy Western power line projects solar power 2011-11-16T15:17:31Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.5/rural-oregon-timber-county-seeks-economic-revival-through-renewables Rural Lake County, Ore., has gone from a timber economy to one based on producing - and exporting - renewable energy. No publisher Lee van der Voo renewable energy Lake County Resources Initiative biomass small towns geothermal wind power rural communities solar power 2011-03-28T15:04:10Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.9/power-struggle The economic numbers behind coal and wind energy -- and energy efficiency -- are compared in Montana. No publisher Joan Melcher coal wind power Montana energy politics energy efficiency energy jobs 2010-05-18T17:50:28Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.11/the-renewable-energy-landscape Maps, charts and text locate the nation's major renewable energy resources and some big projects on Western public land. No publisher Terray Sylvester climate change wind power Sierra Club renewable energy Carl Zichella environmental movement solar power 2010-02-05T09:58:31Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.11/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 No publisher Sarah Gilman climate change wind power Sierra Club renewable energy Carl Zichella environmental movement solar power 2010-02-05T09:36:29Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.11/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. No publisher Susan Moran Tri-State Generation and Transmission renewable energy rural electric co-ops Delta-Montrose Electric Association coal wind power solar power Kit Carson Rural Electric Cooperative 2010-02-05T09:31:53Z 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/wotr/would-you-want-to-live-near-a-wind-far Everybody believes in alternative energy, but very few people want to live next to giant wind turbines. No publisher Marty Durlin citizen activists wind farm sites Wind turbines alternative energy wind power NIMBY wind farm health effects Nina Pierpont 2010-02-05T08:59:17Z 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/wotr/17272 Russ Doty compares the government subsidies given to wind power with those given to coal, and finds that coal is the true welfare king. No publisher Russ Doty Russ Doty coal-fired power plants wind power energy subsidies greenhouse gases climate change 2010-02-05T09:44:39Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/17187 Dennis Hinkamp says that even though wind power – like everything else – is bound to have a downside, it’s the right way for us to go. No publisher Dennis Hinkamp Dennis Hinkamp wind power alternative energy renewable energy electricity power generation 2010-02-05T09:41:34Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/315/16086 Congress slashes the Energy Department’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program in favor of directing money toward energy projects in lawmakers’ home districts No publisher Laura Paskus Renewable Department of Energy Congress renewable energy Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program budgets National Renewable Energy Laboratory Harry Reid solar power wind power hydrogen fuel cells biofuels George Douglas 2010-02-05T08:56:49Z News Article