Energy and Climate Change

Methane gas from biosolids pumped into deep wells in San Pedro will run fuel cells.

"These are scary results, but scary in part because they are results of well thought-out scientific work by a large number of strong scientists,"

Concerning the USA, the report will reference numerous scientific studies on the effects of spring arriving weeks earlier, says University of Montana ecologist Steve Running, an author of the chapter on North America. The "big climate signal and impacts" will be in the West, he says. Earlier melting of mountain snow, on which much of the region depends for water, would mean more severe dry spells and droughts that would trigger worse wildfire seasons. Lower stream flows also would threaten fish and wildlife.

The new city regulation that has just come into force is aimed at reducing traffic and pollution in one of the most congested cities in the world.

In a 5-4 decision, the court said the Clean Air Act gives the Environmental Protection Agency the authority to regulate the emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from cars.

When you flip on a light switch this fall, at least a portion of the electricity powering the bulb may be from a geothermal source.

A Montana electricity cooperative is seeking application from 40 farmers in the state who want to have a 100 kilowatt windmill installed on their property.

Developers say report is flawed because it focused on hydroelectricity and not all power sources

TransLoad’s equipment compresses tons of garbage into dense cylindrical bales and seals them hermetically in several layers of plastic film. The company intends to load those bales into boxcars, and ship them to its landfills.

“Townsend School is the first school under Fuels for Schools and Beyond to sell carbon dioxide CO2 emission offsets,” said DNRC Fuels for Schools Program Coordinator, Angela Farr.