by Snake River Alliance | Feb 26, 2016 | Alliance Publications, Clean Energy Program
Voting 31-4, the Senate on Thursday approved and sent to the House a controversial bill touted by pro-gas drilling supporters as “streamlining” the permit process for new oil and gas wells – but broadly opposed by non-drilling interests as a threat to private property...
by Snake River Alliance | Feb 26, 2016 | Alliance Publications, Clean Energy Program, Idaho Energy Updates
Don’t look now, but if you’ve been sleeping through the CFL lighting revolution, you’re about to miss the boat altogether. Illumination Goliath General Electric says it is getting out of the domestic compact fluorescent light bulb market by year’s end in favor of the...
by Snake River Alliance | Feb 11, 2016 | Alliance Publications
The Snake River Alliance succeeds because we have great people like you! Our volunteer board of directors both guards the mission of the Alliance and helps create a safe-energy future for Idaho and the world. The board will meet six times this year (two weekend...
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 | Feb 11, 2016 | Alliance Publications, Nuclear, Spent Nuclear Fuel
Idaho National Laboratory contractor, Battelle, and its supporters in eastern Idaho would very much like to have a piece of the federal funding for commercial nuclear waste storage and disposal. It will be a pretty big pie. States that might be thinking about...
by Snake River Alliance | Feb 11, 2016 | Alliance Publications, Clean Energy Program, Electric Utilities & PUC
The NW Power & Conservation Council on Wednesday voted unanimously to approve the four-state Northwest Regional Power Plan, a green energy roadmap showing how Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Montana can meet our electricity needs for the next 20 years almost...
