Energy and Climate Change

"Being a developer has been a bad word," says Steven Lewis, a green builder from Atkinson, N.H. "But people need to understand there are good builders and bad builders, and many of us are trying to do the right thing."

The adage that one man’s trash is another’s treasure could serve as the mission statement for CryoEnergy International. The company sells equipment that helps landfills, wastewater-treatment plants, coal mines and other sites convert methane and…

MSU crop rotation researcher Perry Miller is working with six Montana producers in the Golden Triangle to determine how much carbon is stored in their soils under various tillage systems and crop rotations. University News…

A Big Sandy farmer and German wind power experts announced plans Thursday for a $180 million wind energy operation on the plains near Judith Gap. Billings Gazette WindPark Solutions America hopes to land a contract…

National wind energy developers have joined with Colorado and Utah nongovernmental organizations to launch a regional renewable energy trade group. By News Staff Rocky Mountain News The Interwest Energy Alliance will advocate public policies that…

The Stateline Wind Project along the Oregon-Washington border surpassed a Texas wind ranch in 2002 to become the world’s largest wind farm, industry officials said Thursday. By the Associated Press The Missoulian The Stateline project,…

Houses of worship, it turns out, are some of the biggest wasters of energy on a per capita, per hour-of-use basis. As the sun lights up the brilliant stained-glass windows of this 19th-century Gothic sanctuary,…

Paul W. Gromer, director of the Solar Energy Business Association of New England, said the moves announced by Romney yesterday will help make ”Massachusetts a national leader in the renewable energy industry. These investments will pay off in jobs, economic development, and a cleaner environment.”

Companies are moving forward on the development of wind-turbine projects, says Bert Caldwell. Bert Caldwell The Spokesman-Review Tentative consumer interest in wind power has not discouraged utilities selling the electricity, nor investors backing development of…

SPOKANE — Congestion, oil dependency and pollution are broad concerns for Rick Woodbury. But when the Spokane resident thought about a solution, he decided to narrow it down — 39 inches narrow, to be exact….