energy

A Lake Oswego-based solar energy company has spurned a Northwest government partnership by launching its own bid to win hundreds of millions in federal dollars to create a green hydrogen production network across Oregon and Washington.

A Canadian energy company may see plans to increase pipeline capacity of natural gas across the Northwest come to fruition after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Friday found the project would have little adverse impact on the environment — despite the objections of states and environmentalists.

The Missoula Redevelopment Agency gave its enthusiastic support to the renovation and expansion of a popular Midtown restaurant, saying it could help spark addition improvements in an area described as “tired.”

A popular downtown restaurant that relocated to the Midtown district is planning a sizable renovation that would improve the building's appearance and create more room for fans of Mexican cuisine.

Robert Zullo (Arizona Mirror) For years, electric vehicles posed something of a chicken-and-egg problem. Mass adoption, seen as critical to cutting the largest single source of U.S. carbon emissions, couldn’t happen until the infrastructure to allow drivers to recharge wherever they were heading was in place. And those char...

Thousands of New Mexicans could be missing out on the opportunity to get solar energy options at homes and businesses because their locally-run utility company is exempt from a new law requiring them to offer the incentive.

As the city of Missoula tries to meet some ambitious goals to help slow climate change, it’s good to learn what other cities and communities are doing. That’s what several mountain communities gathered to do at the MT2030 Climate Solutions Summit in September.

Officials with the Payette and Boise national forests are again asking for the public to weigh in on a proposal to restart mining activities at an abandoned pit mine located outside of the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness.

With a number of larger goals around climate change and carbon reduction in place, the City of Missoula plans to adopt a lens through which decisions will be focused to address Missoula's key climate initiatives.

Most Oregonians would prioritize protecting the environment to spur economic growth, rather than rolling back environmental regulations on companies, according to a new survey.