by Snake River Alliance | Jul 29, 2020 | Alliance Publications
Hannah Smay, Snake River Alliance Board Bryant Kusy, Snake River Alliance Board As officials in Trump’s administration discuss the possibility of resuming nuclear testing, we are paying attention. A future where Idahoans are free from the threat of nuclear...
by Snake River Alliance | Jul 21, 2019 | Alliance Publications
Holly Harris, Snake River Alliance By Harrison Berry, As appeared in the “Boise Weekly” on July 3, 2019 For the last nine years, Holly Harris lived in Juneau, Alaska, where she worked as an attorney for environmental law advocacy group Earthjustice. Before that, she...
by Snake River Alliance | Jun 28, 2019 | Idaho Nuclear Updates, Nuclear
Beatrice Brailsford, Nuclear Program Director For forty years, the Snake River Alliance has fought against nuclear weapons and power projects, particularly those that would harm Idaho and spread nuclear contamination above the Snake River Aquifer. But we’ve always...
by Snake River Alliance | Jun 28, 2019 | Alliance Publications
Holly Harris, Executive Director Roughly six weeks ago I joined the Alliance as the Executive Director and I can’t imagine a more exciting time to join the team. This edition of the newsletter celebrates 40 years of Alliance advocacy. I congratulate the...
by Snake River Alliance | Jun 28, 2019 | Alliance Publications, Nuclear
By Kathy Daly & Kaye Turner What were the early days of Snake River Alliance like, down in the corner pocket of Southeast Idaho? Well, in those nascent days, we were pretty much a herd of wild-ass hippies who had grown up hiding under our school desks in response...
by Snake River Alliance | Jun 28, 2019 | Clean Energy Program
Ken Miller, Clean Energy Guru By Ken Miller The Snake River Alliance welcomed Idaho Power’s announced plans to abandon coal and natural gas and go 100 percent “clean” energy by 2045. Just 10 years ago, the state’s largest utility argued its customers favored cheaper...
by Snake River Alliance | Jun 28, 2019 | Alliance Publications, Nuclear, Solarize The Valley
Rinda Just, Snake River Alliance Board President Rick and Rinda Just go Solar! Three and a half years ago, my husband and I did the mid-life, post-retirement downsize. We explored rooftop solar, as I had long believed that using the sun to generate electricity to...
by Snake River Alliance | Apr 3, 2019 | Alliance Publications
Julie Hoefnagels, president of the Snake River Alliance board, announced today that Holly Harris will become executive director of the Alliance on May 1, 2019. The Alliance has served as Idaho’s grassroots nuclear watchdog and clean energy advocate for 40 years. Holly...
by Snake River Alliance | Mar 28, 2019 | Clean Energy Program
We again congratulate Idaho Power on their 100% clean energy commitment, this is great news! However, we wanted to address a few questions we’ve heard from our members the last few days. We understand that some new stories were perhaps confusing or misleading...
by Snake River Alliance | Feb 5, 2019 | Alliance Publications
Written by Sarah Wanless When I first started looking for an internship, it was quite intimidating. There were so many great options and this was an important choice, so I started researching the best candidates recommended by Boise State University. After a while, I...
