by Snake River Alliance | Aug 8, 2017 | Nuclear
August 2017 marks the 72nd anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This is a good time to take stock of where we are in the nuclear age. The surprisingly good news is that on July 7, 2017, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was...
by Snake River Alliance | Aug 8, 2017 | Nuclear
Tour the Idaho National Lab – Your radioactive backyard On Thursday, August 31, 2017, Snake River Alliance members and supporters can visit the Idaho National Laboratory. Our tours are great opportunities to get a real sense of what has happened and is...
by Snake River Alliance | Jul 21, 2017 | Idaho Nuclear Updates, Nuclear
Help stop bad nuclear policies Members of the Snake River Alliance went to Washington DC this spring to help stop unsafe plans to “consolidate” nuclear waste from commercial power plants and speak out against taxpayer money for small modular reactors. Along with...
by Snake River Alliance | Jul 19, 2017 | Clean Energy Program, Electric Utilities & PUC, Solarize The Valley
While “net neutrality” has been in the public mind for years, the fight for “grid neutrality” has just begun. Across America, and potentially in Idaho, home and business owners who invest in clean energy face the prospect of discriminatory fees to access the power...
by Snake River Alliance | Jul 10, 2017 | Nuclear
(Gary Richardson is a former Executive Director with the Snake River Alliance, this letter to the editor appeared in the July 6th Edition of the Idaho Statesman) The headline — “Officials removing radioactive waste from Idaho facility” — is incorrect and...
by Snake River Alliance | Jun 16, 2017 | Solarize The Valley
The Snake River Alliance participated in Idaho Power Company’s stakeholder meeting on June 16th in Boise where access to the electric grid for people who generate electricity for their own use was discussed. The Alliance has been part of this discussion out of the...
by Snake River Alliance | Jun 2, 2017 | Nuclear
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is accepting public comments now until the 27th of June on a proposed rule to reduce and eliminate Emergency Planning Zones around some new reactors, including the NuScale project in Idaho. NuScale wants to build an array of a...
by Snake River Alliance | May 30, 2017 | Nuclear
For its 29th Annual DC Days in May 2017, the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, which the Snake River Alliance is a part of, published a report entitled Accountability Audit. The report examines the extraordinary spending at Department of Energy nuclear facilities...
by Snake River Alliance | May 19, 2017 | Clean Energy Program
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission may soon approve a settlement agreement committing Idaho Power to pursue full closure of the North Valmy coal plant in Nevada by 2025. The Alliance has pushed for full closure as soon as 2021 and strongly supports this action. The...
by Snake River Alliance | May 17, 2017 | Clean Energy Program, Electric Utilities & PUC, Solarize The Valley
If you are “pro-solar” in the Treasure Valley but can’t install solar at your home or business through the Solarize the Valley program, we encourage you to consider going solar through Idaho Power’s Community Solar Pilot program. A 500 kilowatt...
