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Utah community college gets grant to develop solar-energy classes Salt Lake Community College received a $3.1-million grant to develop and fine-tune solar panel installation courses for community colleges and schools in Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, North and South Dakota, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Kansas, although the U.S. Energy Department could add more states to the Rocky Mountain Solar Training Consortium. Deseret News; Nov. 3 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Idaho city's water usage follows national trend Residents of Twin Falls have cut their water usage over the past few years, mirroring a trend indicated by a recent U.S. Geological Survey report that said water use in the United States has declined since the 1950s. Twin Falls Times-News; Nov. 3 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Tribes
Seven to represent Montana tribes at White House summit Hundreds of tribal leaders are expected in Washington, D.C., this week for President Barack Obama's summit on Thursday, the first such gathering held in 15 years, and all 564 federally recognized tribes have been asked to send a representative, including seven in Montana. Great Falls Tribune; Nov. 3 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Idaho tribes get $500K grant to fight domestic violence The U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes $500,000 to help victims of domestic violence on the Fort Hall Reservation in Idaho. Idaho Statesman (Idaho State Journal); Nov. 3 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Documentary on tribes' fight against coal to air on Ariz. PBS "Power Paths,"a documentary capturing an intertribal coalition's work to shutdown the Mohave Generating station and the coal mines that fed the power plant, as well as the economic fallout of that effort and the tribes' work toward establishing a renewable-energy economy, will air tonight on the Arizona Public Broadcasting System. Arizona Daily Sun; Nov. 3 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Environment
Wyoming is now entirely drought free Cool, wet weather during most of the year throughout the state of Wyoming has sent the state into the winter drought-free--the first time that's happened in nine years. Casper Star-Tribune; Nov. 3 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story EPA to make magnesium facility in Utah a Superfund site today US Magnesium officials said they had had no notice that their magnesium-processing facility on the southwest edge of the Great Salt Lake in Utah was to be named a Superfund site by the Environmental Protection Agency, and that if it was listed, the company would certainly appeal that designation. Salt Lake Tribune; Nov. 3 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Montana city's arborists on the trail of pine-bark beetles Teams of arborists have been surveying the 250 to 300 acres of forests in Missoula at risk of pine beetle infestation, and what the management options are for those forested lands in Montana. Missoulian; Nov. 3 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story USFWS has a new plan for Wyoming wildlife refuge The Cokeville Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in the Bear River Valley in western Wyoming has never been open to the public in the nearly 20 years it's been in existence, but the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working on a new plan for the refuge that will add to its size and open it up to the public. Casper Star-Tribune; Nov. 3 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Montana wildlife agents on the hunt for elk poachers Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks agents are seeking information on the poacher or poachers that shot a cow and two calf elk and left the carcasses to rot in the Red Butte area near Dillon; a gut pile was also found near the dead elk and agents believe a fourth elk, possibly another cow or a small bull, was also taken illegally. Montana Standard; Nov. 3 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Colorado groups applaud EPA study on hydraulic fracturing Stakeholders in Colorado on both sides of the argument on hydraulic fracturing, a drilling method that injects water, chemicals and sand at high pressure to crack rock formations to release natural gas deposits, applauded federal legislation that requisitions a study of the process. Durango Herald; Nov. 3 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Politics
Wyoming GOP senator, others vow boycott on climate bill Wyoming U.S. Sen. John Barrasso and other ranking Republican senators on six key U.S. Senate committees said the Environmental Protection Agency's analysis of the economic cost and job loss that could be caused by climate-change legislation under consideration by the Senate was inadequate, and vowed to boycott the proceedings if their request for additional study wasn't heeded. Casper Star-Tribune (AP); Nov. 3 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Colorado congressman supports public option for health care Colorado U.S. Rep. John Salazar said he will vote to support the House's version of the Affordable Health Care for America Act released Monday, which contains a public option. Durango Herald; Nov. 3 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Another Republican signs up to run for Colorado U.S. Senate seat Tom Wiens, a former broadcaster in Grand Junction, will challenge Jane Norton, a former lieutenant governor and Grand Junction native, in the Republican primary to challenge Colorado Democratic incumbent U.S. Sen. Michael Bennett. Grand Junction Sentinel; Nov. 3 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Legislature
N.M. governor warns tax increases are coming New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson declined to identify what tax increases may be approved by the state Legislature when it convenes again, but he said such increases are inevitable. Santa Fe New Mexican; Nov. 3 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Legislative audit details Colorado's problem of unlicensed drivers Colorado State Auditor Jonathan Trull told members of the the state Legislative Audit Committee, that an audit of records found that nearly a quarter million of drivers in the state are driving without a license, and that in 2008, 130 of the 548 traffic-related deaths involved a driver without a license. Denver Post; Nov. 3 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Economy
Wyoming's slumping economy sends transplants back home The Wyoming Department of Employment estimates that roughly 23 percent of workers in the state are nonresidents, and that of the 12,000 jobs lost recently, 25 percent of those were held by someone who relocated to the state, some of whom have packed up and went home. Casper Star-Tribune; Nov. 3 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Fresh Markets take over 34 Albertsons stores in Utah On Sunday, 34 Albertsons stores in Utah closed their doors and reopened Monday as Fresh Markets, leaving only a handful of Albertsons stores operating in the Beehive State. Deseret News; Nov. 3 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story N.M. city gets initial nod on solar-power plan If the Public Regulation Commission agrees with PRC hearing examiner Carolyn R. Glick, Santa Fe and other New Mexico communities can move forward with third-party contracts with a Maryland company to install and own photovoltaics on city-owned buildings and then sell the electricity produced to the city; Public Service Company of New Mexico will file a reply to the decision, challenging some of the examiner's findings. Santa Fe New Mexican; Nov. 3 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Montana man touts vertical-axis wind technology A Montana man said he's been told the vertical-axis wind generator, purchased from Wyoming-based Advanced Energy Technology, may be the first of its kind in the nation. Billings Gazette; Nov. 3 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story |
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