Projects in 12 States Share Wildfire Funding

June 10, 2009–$15 million of Stimulus funding for 55 projects, designed to help reduce wildfire hazards and reclaim burned lands, could be of substantial interest in the receiving communities.

Forest Activists Drop Suit on Press-Conference Ejection

May 20, 2009–After an appeals court ruling against them, and running out of funds, conservationists dropped their suit against the Forest Service for escorting them from a press conference on a Bitterroot National Forest timber sale.

Public Comment Open for Renewable Energy Zones

February 18, 2009–The Western Governors' Association and the US DOE begin Phase 1 of a 4-phase process, with initial designation of suitable zones for renewable power generation in the western US, Canada, and Mexico.

Industry Keeps Secret the Gas-Drilling Toxins Seeping into Drinking Wells

December 17, 2008–A series of drinking-water contamination incidents have raised doubts about EPA's safety claims regarding hydraulic fracturing in domestic gas wells. And it's hard for people to get to the bottom of those claims when the identity of the chemicals injected during the process is protected as a "trade secret."

FEDS Set Stage for Geothermal Development

November 12, 2008–The Dept. of Interior released its final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for geothermal energy on Oct. 22, 2008

Photographers"Rave" About Conservation

August 15, 2008–

Energy Attack Group Emerges From Shadows

August 13, 2008–Who are the "American Energy Alliance" — and what does Burson-Marsteller think they need to hide about funding from major oil, utility, and business lobbies?

Judge Rules City Can't Keep Ties With Utility Secret

August 13, 2008–Great Falls, Montana, wouldn't let its citizens know details of its contracts with a utility. But a judge stopped that.

USGS Maps Natural Asbestos in AZ, NV, and UT

April 2, 2008–

6-Year Study of Western Parks Contamination Due Soon

February 6, 2008–The results of a 6-year study of more than 150 contaminants in representative western US national parks are expected to be released shortly.