by Snake River Alliance | Apr 3, 2016 | Alliance Publications, Clean Energy Program, Idaho Energy Updates
Things are heating up over the future of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s rules to clamp down on the kinds of dirty coal-fired power plants that provide up to 40 percent of Idaho’s electricity, so it was great news to learn Friday that the city of Boise and...
by Snake River Alliance | Feb 11, 2016 | Alliance Publications, Clean Energy Program
It’s no secret that some Idaho legislators don’t exactly come down on the science side of the climate change issue and would just as soon tell the Environmental Protection Agency exactly what it can do with its rules telling Idaho to reduce its climate-changing power...
by Snake River Alliance | Dec 16, 2015 | Alliance Publications, Clean Energy Program, Electric Utilities & PUC, Idaho Energy Updates
As world leaders and climate activists bask in the afterglow of the historic international climate accord agreed to by 195 nations in Paris last weekend, the reaction in Idaho has been for the most part muted – and for Idaho clean energy advocates, that’s not such a...
by Snake River Alliance | Aug 13, 2015 | Alliance Publications, Clean Energy Program, Idaho Energy Updates
The long-awaited national Clean Power Plan has been released and is still being sliced and diced every which-way to see how Idaho and other states will be affected. Now that the plan is out, attention shifts to Idaho and all states as we sit down to craft the best...
by Snake River Alliance | Nov 25, 2014 | Clean Energy Program, Idaho Energy Updates
The Environmental Protection Agency’s comment deadline on its proposed landmark rule to limit greenhouse gas emissions from existing coal-fired plants is this Monday, and below are tips on how to comment or to read the voluminous draft rule. You can also find a recent...