National cap and trade legislation is simply addressing a long-term issue of dumping greenhouse gases into what was assumed for hundreds of years to be an unlimited space. The atmosphere was treated as a giant garbage can. Cap and trade is simply an ...

PORTLAND, Ore. - The governors of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington are urging Secretary of Energy Steven Chu to support funding for integrating wind-generated electricity into the Northwest grid. In a letter, the governors say new generating pl...

National cap and trade legislation is simply addressing a long-term issue of dumping greenhouse gases into what was assumed for hundreds of years to be an unlimited space...

Associated Press HELENA - Lawmakers have tapped 16 topics - out of a possible 18 - to study in advance of the next legislative session. The studies deal with a range of subjects from historic preservation to the state's student lo...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is asking consumers to put their money - up to $1,300 per new vehicle by 2016 - behind his plan for higher efficiency standards for cars and trucks and tougher rules on their greenhouse gas emissions. In return, Obama said Tuesday in unveiling the plan, drivers would make up the higher cost of more fuel-efficient, cleaner vehicles by buying less gas at the pump.