AltWeeklies Wire
Pimpin' Wyoming: State Resources For Salenew
Western states have outstripped their resources, growing at a reckless pace. They see Wyoming, a sparsely populated state with all its riches, and they want some.
Planet Jackson Hole |
Jake Nichols |
10-22-2010 |
Economy
Drill Downnew
Love it or hate it, the oil and gas industry is as much a part of modern New Mexico as red and green chile.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Laura Paskus |
10-07-2010 |
Economy
Legislating Energy Affordability in Idahonew
While utilities in surrounding states fund programs to help the poor pay their power bills, in Idaho that is considered discriminatory. One group of advocates for low-income people aims to change that and utility regulators are warming to the idea.
Boise Weekly |
Nathaniel Hoffman |
12-10-2008 |
Economy
Entergy's Actions in New Orleans Are Morally Indefensiblenew
Entergy New Orleans is effectively sitting on its hands while two of its sister companies -- Entergy Mississippi Inc. and Entergy Arkansas Inc. -- move to pull out of a system agreement under which six Entergy subsidiaries agreed to share the costs and benefits of generating and transmitting electricity.
A Mighty Windnew
The results of Xcel's wind-power program are still in the air. The greatest obstacles to developing wind power are not technical but political, advocates charge.
Carbon Loadingnew
Xcel’s solution to rising energy prices includes a lot of coal. Is that a bad thing?
