opposition to clean energy projects

As Gulf Slick Spreads Environmental Movement Takes Unexpected Heat

by Keith SchneiderMay 4, 2010September 9, 2010

Paul Krugman, the Nobel Laureate economist,Â Pulitzer Prize winning columnist for The New York Times, and friend of most things green wrote a piece over the weekend that should give environmentalists heartache. In a column about the big Gulf oil spill, Krugman described how the environmental movement has been steadily losing political momentum because it’s been so successful in scrubbing the skies and clearing the waters of the visible hazards of pollution. He also lays …

Diving Deep for Geothermal Energy Finds Acceptance and Political Heat on Surface

by Keith SchneiderMarch 30, 2010September 9, 20104

One of the potential success stories of clean energy development on private and federal lands in the West involves NV Energy, which announced in February that it will purchase 32 megawatts of renewable energy from a planned Central Nevada geothermal plant. The Ram Power Corporation is developing the Clayton Valley Geothermal Project, which is scheduled to begin construction in 2012.Â It is one of five geothermal leases that Ram Power has acquired from the Bureau …

New Transmission Lines Invite Public Uproar in 7 States

by Keith SchneiderMarch 29, 2010September 9, 20100

On March 2 more than 60 residents of Canyon City, Idaho appeared at a public hearing to consider a new 500-kilovolt transmission line that might run through their county. Most weren’t happy about it. “They brought us in late and they haven’t fulfilled their public involvement responsibilities,” said Ken Holliday, a rancher. The public concern that residents displayed about Idaho Power’s 250-foot corridor, and the 150-foot tall towers that would command its route, is a …