Eastern power utilities have been telling the press that they are being forced to pay high prices for coal from nearby sources, and that they can buy Western coal and ship it across the country more cheaply. But then they file monthly reports with the Federal Power Commission that tell a different story. Download entire […]
In bondage to the moguls
Posted inJuly 19, 1974: Coal shifts to West
Coal shifts to West
A curious thing is happening on the way to energy independence: an east-to-west shift in coal production is actually going to be putting western coal into power plants in West Virginia and Ohio. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/6.15/download-entire-issue
Posted inJuly 5, 1974: The Great Balancing Act
The Great Balancing Act
Plans to extract oil shale from northwestern Colorado raise concerns about how to balance energy development with efforts to address social impacts, air pollution, oil shale tailings, and impacts to water and wildlife. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/6.14/download-entire-issue
Posted inJuly 5, 1974: The Great Balancing Act
Governor advocates slow growth
Colorado Gov. John Vanderhoof is opposed to construction of the Two Forks Dam on the South Platte River, advocating a policy of wise growth rather than a sudden expansion of Denver’s water supply. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/6.14/download-entire-issue
Posted inJuly 5, 1974: The Great Balancing Act
Egan O’Connor and nuclear pollution
Through a group called the Task Force Against Nuclear Pollution, Egan O’Connor has helped locate, computerize, and wave in front of Congress the names of nearly 81,000 Americans who want to turn off nuclear fission. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/6.14/download-entire-issue
Posted inJune 21, 1974: It's chicken power tomorrow
Rehabilitation of Western coal lands
An edited version of a summary of a report, Rehabilitation Potential of Western Coal Lands, published by the National Academy of Sciences. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/6.16-1/download-entire-issue
Posted inJune 21, 1974: It's chicken power tomorrow
North Dakota guards water
North Dakota Gov. Arthur A. Link and the State Water Commission have put a “conditional moratorium” on coal development in that state. Two power utilities have requested 15,000 acre-feet of water annually for a proposed coal-fired power plant near Underwood, N. Dakota. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/6.16-1/download-entire-issue
Posted inJune 21, 1974: It's chicken power tomorrow
It’s chicken power tomorrow
Digesting human, animal and vegetable wastes to produce methane is sure to become and important source of energy in the future. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/6.16-1/download-entire-issue
Posted inJune 7, 1974: Energy boom -- plans and payments
Oil sands mined
In the Canadian prairies near Fort McMurray, Alberta, 10-story-high bucketwheel excavators churn through the earth, digging up Athabasca oil sands. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/6.12/download-entire-issue
Posted inJune 7, 1974: Energy boom -- plans and payments
Mining down on the ranch
Carolyn and Irv Alderson, owners and operators of the Bones Brothers Ranch in Birney, Mont., could benefit from mining coal on their property, but say “in the end the productivity of the land is the only material thing on this earth that can be left for the future.” Download entire issue to view this article: […]
Posted inJune 7, 1974: Energy boom -- plans and payments
Energy boom — plans and payments
A look at how Montana and Wyoming towns booming from energy development — Rock Springs, Gillette, Hanna, Colstrip, Lame Deer — are responding to pressures on their infrastructure, schools, police, health services, and social fabric. (To read the full text, click on the “View a PDF from the original” link below, or download a PDF of […]
Posted inMay 24, 1974: Return of the windmill
Stripping bill filled with loopholes
Despite efforts by some legislators, a federal bill to regulate coal strip-mining is woefully weak and filled with the kind of loopholes that coal and utility lobbyists have written into state strip-mining regulations over the past 30 years. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/6.11/download-entire-issue
Posted inMay 24, 1974: Return of the windmill
Solar, wind deserve tax breaks too
Tax incentives currently encourage coal extraction, but could be reformed to favor clean energy from wind and solar. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/6.11/download-entire-issue
Posted inMay 24, 1974: Return of the windmill
Return of the windmill
There is nothing new about tapping the wind to produce energy, but a growing number of scientists are turning their attention to wind power as an alternative to burning fossil fuels. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/6.11/download-entire-issue
Posted inMay 10, 1974: Water dictates Western future
Water dictates Western future
Water — the lack of it and the need for it — looms ever larger in the West’s developing energy situation. Water is used in huge amounts to generate electricity in coal-fired plants, to gasify coal, to liquify coal, and to develop oil shale. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/6.10/download-entire-issue
Posted inMay 10, 1974: Water dictates Western future
Solar industry emerges
A well-attended conference in Denver, sponsored by Environmental Action of Colorado, is a mark of maturity for an industry that is harnessing the power of the sun. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/6.10/download-entire-issue
Posted inMay 10, 1974: Water dictates Western future
Bart Koehler, environmental advocate
Bart Koehler’s construction days ended abruptly when The Wilderness Society gave him a call, wanting to know if he’d give up Florida to hike around the Rockies studying potential wilderness, take pictures and write field reports. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/6.10/download-entire-issue
Posted inApril 26, 1974: To dam a river
To dam a river
Few environmental challenges seem as stark as the threat to dam a stretch of wild river like Montana’s Upper Missouri. But the heyday of big dam building may be nearing an end. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/6.9/download-entire-issue
Posted inApril 26, 1974: To dam a river
Louise Dunlop and the Coalition Against Strip Mining
For the last three years Louise Dunlop’s life has centered around one word — coal. She coordinates the Coalition Against Strip Mining, a group of about 30 organizations across the country. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/6.9/download-entire-issue
Posted inApril 26, 1974: To dam a river
Lost — a chance to be different
The re-design and re-building of the Wyoming Governor’s mansion was a chance to celebrate energy efficiency and alternative energy, but the selection panel chose the conventional option. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/6.9/download-entire-issue