Energy

  • Coal plants checked by enviro campaigns, costs

    Ralph Maughan

    Good news for energy and wildlife- It is increasingly clear that the building of new coal plants is collapsing as this article indicates as a followup to my post of yesterday, Companies rethink coal plants. While planning and some actual construction of wind, solar and geothermal plants in remote locations continues, with plenty of hype…

  • Companies rethink coal plants

    Ralph Maughan

    Many planned coal plants are now being scrapped- Companies rethink coal plants. By Traci Watson, USA Today. Planned new coal plants are dropping by the scores. However, the majority of electricity in the U.S. is produced by coal, and many by old, and therefore more polluting plants like the one below. On my recent trip…

  • Clean Coal Air Freshener

    Brian Ertz

    Now with a new and improved label! New Reality ad directed by the Academy-award winning Coen Brothers.

  • Interior puts brakes on oil-shale leases — for now

    Ralph Maughan

    This is a review of a Bush hurry up decision, not a decision to refrain permanently from leasing- Story in the Salt Lake Tribune. By Patty Henetz. Although Obama says oil shale is still being considered, I think they will conclude as others have in the past, that getting oil from oil shale is an…

  • Endangered or threatened? Feds review pocket gopher protection request

    Ken Cole

    Small Wyoming gopher only exists in a small area where it is outnumbered by oil wells. Endangered or threatened? Feds review pocket gopher protection request Casper Star Tribune

  • A Line in the Green Sand

    Brian Ertz

    Although this essay is international in scope, it being written about a river in Britain, it gets at the heart of a tension among environmental issues coming to a head in so many localities all over the West – all over the world.  Paul Kingsnorth hits the point in a way that many activists have…

  • New Grid for Renewable Energy Could Be Costly

    Ken Cole

    The Wall Street Journal Reports on a study that indicates a new grid could cost $100 billion. This article says that 15,000 miles of new transmission lines would be required and that federal intervention might be used due to lawsuits. New Grid for Renewable Energy Could Be Costly – WSJ.com. My feeling is that we might want…

  • Salazar Cancels Oil and Gas Leases on your public land in Utah

    Ralph Maughan

    Bush Administration Had Opened 110,000 Acres Near Pristine Areas to Energy Exploration- Interior Secretary Cancels Leases on Federal Land in Utah. Bush Administration Had Opened 110,000 Acres Near Pristine Areas to Energy Exploration.By Juliet Eilperin.Washington Post Staff Writer. April Clauson reported this in a comment earlier. Above is the full story. – – – –…

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‎”At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour.”

Edward Abbey

“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”

Jim Fowler

“Our forests offer much more than just beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Each one has a different story to tell.”

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