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energy policy NewsNarrow your search by visiting an issue-specific news page, listed in the navigation at left. Utah activist urges use of alternative energy
Dec 17, 2009
Deseret News
SALT LAKE CITY — It takes courage for a staunch environmentalist to stand before a group of electricity producers and essentially tell them to steer away from traditional energy sources. But that's exactly what Chris Thomas, policy director for the Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah, did on Wednesday at the annual meeting of the Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems. Thomas urged UAMPS members to use alternative energy sources, including wind and compressed air energy storage. Nuclear power water rights protests triggers public hearing
Oct 28, 2009
Salt Lake Tribune
State water officials have decided to schedule a public hearing on a proposal that would transfer water rights amounting to billions of gallons from Kane and San Juan counties to a company that wants to build a nuclear power plant at Green River. They're going to get an earful. Milford wind farm to open next month
Oct 21, 2009
Deseret News
Utah's largest wind farm is mostly complete and could start generating commercial electricity in November, First Wind development director Peter Sullivan told the House Public Utilities and Technology Interim Committee on Wednesday morning. Editorial: Nuclear Nonsense
Aug 29, 2009
Salt Lake Tribune
Gov. Gary Herbert supports a full palette of energy options for Utah. The clean greens: solar, geothermal, wind. The dirty browns: coal, oil, natural gas. And the chameleon of electricity production, nuclear fission, which provides clean power but carries its own environmental and safety baggage. Appeal begins in high-profile fight over hot waste
Aug 28, 2009
Salt Lake Tribune
Utah's court fight over who controls the flow of radioactive waste is turning into a national test case, as the state and its allies formally launched their appeal on Thursday and waste agencies representing eight more states prepared to join the fray. |
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