by Snake River Alliance | Oct 11, 2016 | Alliance Publications
When you make a gift to the Alliance your financial participation helps stop the climate crisis and nuclear proliferation. That’s a heavy lift. But members of the Alliance are part of a worldwide community that is making change possible. Just as there are many ways to...
by Snake River Alliance | Oct 11, 2016 | Alliance Publications, Nuclear
The INL cleanup citizens advisory board will meet Thursday, October 27, in the Sun Valley Inn from 8 am to 4 pm. The board has a very full agenda and we hope to see you there. Idaho’s Attorney General will speak and answer questions. The United States Geological...
by Snake River Alliance | Oct 11, 2016 | Alliance Publications, Nuclear
On Thursday, November 3, the Snake River Alliance will be sponsoring a tour of the cleanup work at the Idaho National Laboratory. Come see – Ongoing exhumation of plutonium contaminated waste that the government buried in unlined pits above the Snake River Aquifer....
by Snake River Alliance | Oct 11, 2016 | Alliance Publications, Nuclear
Idahoans packed a Department of Energy meeting in Boise and our comments showed we know a lot and care a lot about nuclear waste accumulation. Well done. We’ll no doubt need to keep speaking up – it’s so hard for the DOE to hear. Over the spring and summer, the...
by Snake River Alliance | Oct 11, 2016 | Clean Energy Program
The dedication of Idaho’s first utility-sized solar power farm south of Boise near Kuna on Sept. 16 marked an energy milestone for Idaho: At 40 megawatts, the solar plant built by DEPCOM Power off of South Cloverdale Road produces enough power for 9,000 homes a year...
by Snake River Alliance | Sep 7, 2016 | Clean Energy Program, Idaho Energy Updates
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has just released its updated collection of fact sheets providing a high-level look at how climate change is affecting each state. Snippets from the “What Climate Change Means for Idaho” two-page update: “Idaho’s climate...
by Snake River Alliance | Aug 24, 2016 | Alliance Publications, Nuclear
Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) has picked out land within the boundaries of the Idaho National Laboratory where it wants to build and operate a small modular reactor (SMR) by 2024. A company called NuScale is finalizing the design right now. Whoa!...
by Snake River Alliance | Aug 12, 2016 | Clean Energy Program, Idaho Energy Updates
BOISE – (Aug. 9, 2016) – Solarize the Valley, the campaign led by the Snake River Alliance to install rooftop solar power across the Treasure Valley, reached another milestone this week. Solarize the Valley participants Mary Lucachick and Tony Engleman installed a...
by Snake River Alliance | Aug 12, 2016 | Nuclear, Spent Nuclear Fuel
About 50 members and supporters of the Snake River Alliance were among the 200 people who attended a July 14th public meeting in Boise about the future of nuclear waste. The Department of Energy came to town with nearly a dozen facilitators to talk to Idahoans about...
by Snake River Alliance | Jul 26, 2016 | Idaho Nuclear Updates
The state is about to take its third stab at energy planning, which will be the first since federal adoption of the Obama Clean Power Plan. This process could give Idaho a comprehensive energy plan and a chance to join other Western states that have already adopted...
