Energy and Climate Change

Paul Miller is the chemist behind the nontoxic, relatively nonpolluting fuel that powers the University of Montana’s BioBus. His secret ingredient: waste vegetable oil from UM’s Food Services. Business owner, chemist cooked up a plan…

Downtown Missoula’s newest affordable rental housing opened its doors in February. The Gold Dust Apartments, developed by Missoula-based nonprofit homeWORD http://www.homeword.org/ offers 18 units at affordable prices in a centrally located area within walking distance…

The University of Montana College of Technology, Missoula, MT April, 2003 PUTTING MEAT ON THE H2 ENERGY IDEAS Progress is being realized on many fronts and meat is being put on the bones of the…

Leaders of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes are hoping to cash in on the strong wind that blows across the Fort Hall Indian reservation in eastern Idaho. Ken Dey The Idaho Statesman Wind speed data collected on…

The most promising source of electricity in the new millennium is as old as civilization, born more than 5,000 years ago when ancient Egyptians figured out that wind could fill a sail and propel a…

"It makes sense for the country’s economic and national security to become less dependent on foreign sources of energy," he said. "I think it’s important that people better understand the potential of what we have in Montana. We have enormous potential to provide energy for the country, and I’m trying to draw attention to that."

"The House and Senate agreed on two things earlier this month when they passed Joint Resolution 26 – first that Montana is in desperate need of an economic driver, and second that hydrogen may be the best way to lube the state’s rusting financial transmission."

USDA Secretary Ann M. Veneman today announced the availability of approximately $44 million in grants that will support President Bush’s energy plan to develop renewable energy and expand the economic prospects and environmental promise of…

How many scientists does it take to change the lightbulb? It’s not a joke. The ubiquitous lightbulb is quietly on its way to becoming as quaint a relic as the gas lanterns it replaced more…

Every minute, the sun bombards Earth with enough energy to supply its power needs for a year. Yet only two one-hundredths of a percent of all the electricity fed into the U.S. grid originates from…