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| No Good Site for Dangerous Uranium Enrichment Plant posted 5/6/2008 | | Tuesday’s announcement by French-controlled Areva, Inc., that it selected Idaho for its proposed uranium enrichment plant puts Idaho in the unenviable position of contributing to an industry that’s both dangerously risky and bad energy policy, the Snake River Alliance said. | | Idaho Energy Update May 2: New Wind in Bingham posted 5/2/2008 | | With the 2008 Legislature in the rear-view mirror, attention is turning to a number of utility regulatory matters this spring and summer, as well as possible action by the Legislature’s interim Energy Committee. Meanwhile, the PUC has its plate full with Idaho Power’s request to increase its energy efficiency tariff, and it will also be considering whether to spend some extra pollution credit sales proceeds to Idaho Power to create an energy education program. And Ridgeline Energy received approval by the Bingham County Planning and Zoning Commission for its 150-turbine project east of Blackfoot. | | Tons of Waste Shipped to Idaho from Kuwait posted 5/1/2008 | | 6,700 tons of contaminated sand with depleted uranium and lead from Kuwait will be coming to American Ecology in Idaho this month. American Ecology Idaho’s Grand View facility, located 70 miles southeast of Boise in the Owyhee Desert, treats and disposes hazardous waste and non-hazardous industrial wastes and low-activity radioactive material. | | Nuclear Power is Not the Answer for Idaho posted 4/25/2008 | | The Idaho National Laboratory welcomed Patrick Moore, a paid spokesman of the nuclear industry and self described environmentalist, to speak to the Idaho Environmental Forum in Boise this afternoon. “The good news is that Idahoans are having a conversation about climate change,” said Andrea Shipley, Snake River Alliance executive director. “But nuclear power is still not the answer." | | Idaho Energy Update: April 4 - End of Session Report posted 4/4/2008 | The 2008 Idaho Legislature adjourned Wednesday night, ending a session in which lawmakers accomplished very little to address Idaho’s energy challenges or climate issues. Meanwhile, the would-be developer of a nuclear power plant south of Boise suddenly shunned Owyhee County and is now courting adjacent Elmore County. The PUC sets a May 15 deadline for public comments on Idaho Power’s request to raise rates for conservation programs, and Intermountain Gas Co. is on the blocks and will likely be sold this year.
| | Nomad Nuke Plant Ditches Owyhee County; Targets Elmore posted 4/4/2008 | | BOISE – Friday’s announcement by the Idaho Energy Complex that it’s bailing out of Owyhee County in favor of adjacent Elmore County should send chills through the new target for the proposed merchant nuclear power plant, the Snake River Alliance said. “The last thing Idaho needs is a nomad nuclear power plant developer bouncing from county to county, looking for the best deal for his outrageously bad idea,” Alliance Executive Director Andrea Shipley said. | | Another Session of Missed Opportunities as Legislature Skirts Energy Issues posted 4/2/2008 | | BOISE - The Idaho Legislature completed another session this week in which lawmakers ducked key energy and climate issues, and also failed to implement a single recommendation contained in the 2007 Idaho Energy Plan, the Snake River Alliance said. |
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