Archives for: July 2009, 08
July 8, 2009Pickens scraps wind farm, moves on with energy plan
NEW YORK The past year has been tough on T. Boone Pickens and his $60 million mission to wean America off foreign oil. Over the past 12 months, Pickens pressed the public to rethink its use of energy. His “Pickens Plan” called for ...
Posted in: The Helena IR on 07/08/09
State using stimulus funds right
It's easy to sit back and take potshots at the $787 billion federal stimulus package. And for good reason. No. 1, it's our money capitulated against our future. No. 2, there have been some questionable projects to receive portions of that funding...
Posted in: The Helena IR on 07/08/09
Groups File Lawsuit Challenging Western Energy Corridor
Several environmental groups and one county in Colorado filed a lawsuit Tuesday, saying the energy corridor the Bush administration designated through thousands of miles in the West doesn’t do enough to encourage renewable energy and it puts wildlife and public…
Posted in: New West on 07/08/09
Studies foresee dilemma over forest carbon storage
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Scientists conclude in two government-funded studies that forests in the Pacific Northwest have a huge potential to store more carbon to combat global warming, but not if they are heavily thinned to prevent wildfire. Th...
Posted in: The Montana Standard on 07/08/09



