Energy and Climate Change

The University of Idaho received a $960,000 federal grant to promote use of biodiesel. The Times-News Online The university and the National Biodiesel Board will use the money to develop a program to entice government…

"It’ll be nice not to have a power bill," he said. "Now, I just have to figure out how to get rid of my monthly telephone bill."

"What we’re trying to do is come up with the Volkswagen of net-zero-energy homes."

Efforts to build a biodiesel refinery have gathered speed across the Pacific Northwest.

The words "energy crisis" may conjure images from the 1970s of gasoline rationing and long lines of cars at the pumps. For Montana farmers and ranchers, the current "energy crisis" may be less obvious, but…

"I haven’t seen a lot of leadership on this at the state level," Lawton said, "and I don’t feel we can wait for the state to take care of us. It isn’t likely to happen."

"Using electricity for heat is like using a chainsaw to cut butter,"

As the blackout showed, the nation’s power grid is stressed out.

"People have been working blindly, but they don’t have to anymore," he said. "We expect that teams around the world will adopt this technology to aid their research."

Peter Nielsen doesn’t have to say a word to start conversations on Missoula streets. By ROB CHANEY of the Missoulian Behind the wheel of a Honda Civic hybrid sedan, the city’s environmental health supervisor gets…