Good news: here’s the final nail in the coffin for the bogus argument that the power grid needs fossil fuels-fired power plants to backup renewables…
From OPD: https://www.opb.org/article/2022/06/07/oregon-portland-general-electric-builds-nations-first-large-scale-wind-solar-battery-facility/
Good news: hybrid wind farm, incorporating large-scale power storage capability with our almost ever-present wind, to be built in neighboring Stillwater County…
Of course, rooftop solar with a battery array is a viable option for a decentralized power source. What could be more decentralized and reliable for...
The Montana Supreme Court sides with Montanans and a smart energy future in its ruling in favor of a wind energy company…
NorthWestern Energy and Montana's Public Service Commission have repeatedly been on the wrong side of history and repeatedly standing in the way of a smart...
Good news: an example of how rooftop solar reduces the demands on the power grid…
From ctinsider.com: https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/Demand-for-electricity-in-New-England-hits-17170290.php
A look at the future: on March 29 wind power produced more power in the U.S. than both coal and nuclear…
From USA Today: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2022/04/14/wind-power-coal-nuclear-electricity/7323512001/
A new report provides yet more evidence that electric vehicles are the smart choice, not only because they save lives…
From The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/30/us-electric-vehicles-save-lives-public-health-costs-study?
As mining increases to supply needs for the vital transition to renewables, the Mining Law of 1872 needs to be reformed to protect our public lands and stop the current taxpayer ripoff…
From Inside Climate News: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13032022/as-the-us-rushes-after-the-minerals-for-the-energy-transition-a-150-year-old-law-allows-mining-companies-free-reign-on-public-lands/?
A vital read here: ignoring the anti-renewables propaganda, we can realistically move to renewables even faster than we are and…well, stop the burning…
From Bill McKibben and The New Yorker: ehttps://www.newyorker.com/news/essay/in-a-world-on-fire-stop-burning-things
Montana doesn’t need to be held hostage to fossil fuels, Russia or OPEC, let’s unleash our energy potential here at home…
From Karin Kirk and the Montana Standard: https://mtstandard.com/opinion/columnists/guest-view-montana-can-help-ease-u-s-energy-crunch/article_7c211f1e-05ed-557b-815b-068814dd9df4.html?
The need for renewables has never been more urgent: we should have long ago stopped having wars fueled, on many levels, by fossil fuels, as Putin’s current war is…
A vital read from Inside Climate News: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/06032022/putin-russia-ukraine-oil-gas-petrostate/?