17 May 2008
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A weekly summary of energy and climate issues. We feature updates from the Legislature and state agencies, Idaho's utilities and regulators, and topical clean energy developments in Idaho and the Northwest - all designed to help you follow and participate in Idaho energy issues.


 
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Energy Intelligence News Releases
Monday, September 24, 2007
Governor's New Energy Office A Good Idea – If It's Funded
By @ 1:42 PM :: 589 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Clean and Renewable Energy, SRA News Releases, Energy Intelligence News Releases
Gov. Butch Otter’s decision to create a new Office of Energy Resources is a welcome step toward promoting new state energy policies, but the new office must be adequately funded and staffed in order to do its job, the Snake River Alliance said.
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Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Idaho Endorsing National Plan for Energy Efficiency
By @ 9:02 AM :: 496 Views :: 1 Comments :: :: Clean and Renewable Energy, Energy Intelligence News Releases
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission, along with other Idaho agencies, is joining in a nationwide effort to enhance energy security and protect the environment by encouraging public and private entities to implement energy efficiency measures.
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Tuesday, September 04, 2007
Coal Rush Reverses, Power Firms Follow
By @ 9:02 AM :: 593 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Clean and Renewable Energy, Energy Intelligence News Releases
A year after the nation appeared to be in the middle of a coal rush, widening alarm about greenhouse gas emissions has slowed the efforts of electric companies to build coal-fired power plants from hills of eastern Montana to southern Florida.
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Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Governor's Climate Move Makes Idaho Part Of National Discussion
By @ 5:09 PM :: 556 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Clean and Renewable Energy, SRA News Releases, Energy Intelligence News Releases
Gov. Butch Otter’s long-awaited decision to include Idaho in the national Climate Registry will help ensure that Idaho is part of the national climate-change discussion and will benefit Idaho businesses that are already reducing their greenhouse gas emissions.
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Monday, July 30, 2007
How Will Idaho Falls React if Utah Coal Plant Isn't Built?
By @ 2:41 PM :: 556 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Clean and Renewable Energy, Energy Intelligence News Releases
If Los Angeles succeeds in pulling the plug on a coal-fired power plant in central Utah, Idaho Falls could once again be looking for a stable source of affordable electricity to meet its growing power needs.
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Monday, July 30, 2007
Blaine County P & Z conservative on wind power
By @ 2:01 PM :: 482 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Clean and Renewable Energy, Energy Intelligence News Releases
Blaine County residents thinking about installing a wind turbine to help with energy generation and usage costs will have to wait 180 days before submitting applications after the planning and zoning commission voted draft a moratorium disallowing such applications at Thursday night's regular commission meeting.
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Monday, July 23, 2007
No to nukes
By @ 2:58 PM :: 585 Views :: 2 Comments :: :: Nuclear Power, Reprocessing, Clean and Renewable Energy, Nuclear Waste and Contamination, Nuclear Weapons, Energy Intelligence News Releases
JAPAN SEES NUCLEAR POWER as a solution to global warming, but it's paying a price. Last week, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake caused dozens of problems at the world's biggest nuclear plant, leading to releases of radioactive elements into the air and ocean and an indefinite shutdown.
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Friday, June 29, 2007
Wasden plans energy conference: Energy experts to meet state attorneys general
By @ 2:48 PM :: 409 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Clean and Renewable Energy, Energy Intelligence News Releases
Boise – From global warming to alternative energy sources to increasing gas prices, states are facing serious energy issues, and state attorneys general need to be prepared, Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden says.
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Friday, June 29, 2007
Changes in Pocatello-area coal plant
By sstamper @ 2:35 PM :: 530 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Clean and Renewable Energy, Energy Intelligence News Releases
AMERICAN FALLS - New site, new end product, same technology. A coal gasification proposal that shook Southeast Idaho when it was first announced two years ago was officially reborn Wednesday with the announcement of a $2 billion facility located just outside American Falls. 
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Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Business begins energy seminar series in Gooding
By jmaxand @ 1:48 PM :: 524 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Clean and Renewable Energy, Bruneau nuclear reactor, Energy Intelligence News Releases
Dargreen Power Systems is conducting the first of eight free seminars on renewable energy topics at 7 p.m. Thursday at 442 Main St. The speaker will be from the Snake River Alliance.
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