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West Foot Forward
Western states unveil draft cap-and-trade scheme |
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24 Jul 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 12:53 PM on 24 Jul 2008 The Western Climate Initiative has unveiled a draft proposal for a regional cap-and-trade program that would kick off in 2012. The 11 states and provinces involved -- Arizona, British Columbia, California, Manitoba, Montana, New Mexico, Ontario, Oregon, Quebec, Utah, and Washington -- would impose an as-yet-determined greenhouse-gas emissions limit on industries and utilities, then allow laggards ... |
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| Topics: ... business, California, Canada, carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, Montana, New Mexico, news, Oregon, Utah, Washington (all these topics) |
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A prophetic approach to energy efficiency
Taking a three-day weekend for the planet |
Eric de Place |
16 Jul 2008 |
Gristmill |
| From the Beehive State, a gratifying way to reduce energy use (and carbon emissions): Taking Fridays off. And it's mandatory. In part to deal with rising gas prices, Utah's republican governor John Huntsman introduced the measure for state employees. The move, of course, instantly reduces commutes by 20 percent. The remaining four work days get longer -- state offices will now stay open from 7 a.m. until 6 p.m. -- so that the total number of hours worked remains t ... |
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| Topics: energy, energy efficiency, politics, state politics, Utah (all these topics) |
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TGIT
State workers in Utah will enjoy mandatory three-day weekends |
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07 Jul 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 3:16 PM on 07 Jul 2008 Starting in August, thousands of Utahns will begin enjoying mandatory three-day weekends. Some 17,000 government employees will switch to a compressed workweek -- four days a week, 10 hours a day -- as the state undergoes a yearlong experiment aimed at reducing energy and fuel costs as well as greenhouse-gas emissions. While employees of various U.S. counties and cities mandate a shortened week, ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, innovation, news, progress, Utah (all these topics) |
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Coal is the enemy of the human race: Criminal negligence edition
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David Roberts |
09 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Mining accidents and deaths cause a flurry of press coverage and then fade into our collective memory. But for a moment, let's think back to those horrific weeks last year as we waited to find out the fate of the trapped miners in Crandall Canyon ... only to be bitterly disappointed. Now look: The general manager and possibly other senior staff at the Crandall Canyon Mine near Huntington, Utah, where 9 miners died in August 2007, hid information from federal mini ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, mining, Utah (all these topics) |
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Neva-duh
Cheaper to power Nevada with renewables than coal, says consultancy |
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26 Nov 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 2:57 PM on 26 Nov 2007 Nevada will end up with costlier power if it goes ahead with plans to build three new coal plants instead of relying on renewables, says a study from an independent economic consultancy. Higher construction costs and an inevitable tax on emissions will drive up costs of the black rock in the not-so-long run, according to ECONorthwest. The conclusions will surely get the thumbs up from d ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, Nevada, news, renewable energy, Utah (all these topics) |
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Somebody up there loves me
Rocky rocks against coal |
David Roberts |
08 Oct 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Consider the following: Rocky Anderson, maverick mayor of Salt Lake City, is awesome. The Beatles are awesome. Coal is the enemy of the human race. Consider, further, whether this might be the greatest story you've ever read in your entire life. |
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| Topics: coal, energy, music, Utah (all these topics) |
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EPA to Supreme Court: Take a hike!
EPA gives permit to new Utah coal plant; Waxman cries foul |
Brian Beutler |
19 Sep 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Given the opportunity last month to adhere to the Supreme Court's findings in the case of Massachusetts vs. EPA, the EPA chose instead to completely ignore the ruling and proceed as if the case had never been heard. It issued a permit to Deseret Power to construct a 110-megawatt coal-fired power unit at an existing power plant in Uintah County, Utah. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today sent a letter t ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, litigation, politics, US EPA, Utah (all these topics) |
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Catching up
Experts to Utah: Climate change is real |
David Roberts |
29 Aug 2007 |
Gristmill |
| If this happened any place else but Utah, it might not be worth noting, but in that state I believe it's progress: A state blue ribbon task force on climate change stated emphatically Monday that humans are to blame for global warming and offered a slate of recommendations on ways Utah can fight the changes. Glad that's settled! This is somewhat surprising: But one much-discussed option, developing nuclear power, was only on the B list of recommendations by ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, politics, Utah (all these topics) |
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All Pact and Ready to Go
Six Western states, two Canadian provinces agree to regional climate pact |
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23 Aug 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| All Pact and Ready to Go Six Western states, two Canadian provinces agree to regional climate pact Yesterday, the leaders of six Western states and two Canadian provinces agreed to their own regional climate pact, aiming to cut greenhouse-gas emissions to 15 percent below 2005 levels by 2020. The Western Climate Initiative ... |
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| Topics: Arizona, British Columbia, California, Canada, climate change mitigation, New Mexico, news, Oregon, politics, Utah, Washington (all these topics) |
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Murray: Miner deaths hard on me
Interview with Utah mine owner |
David Roberts |
22 Aug 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Crandall Canyon mine owner Robert Murray took the occasion of a short interview with AP to express just how hard this whole experience has been on him, and to bitch about the miners union, which is being a big meanie to him. Poor Bob. I bet if those nine dead miners weren't, you know, dead, they would shed a tear for you. Dickweed.I'm afraid the whole episode has not been good PR for the mining industry:Families and friends vented their frustration at the mine's owner ... |
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| Topics: mining, Utah (all these topics) |
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Three rescue workers killed in Utah mine
The tragedy grows |
David Roberts |
16 Aug 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Two Three rescue workers were killed and at least seven six others injured when a tunnel collapsed in Crandall Canyon mine, the site of a rescue operation attempting to reach six miners that have been trapped inside for what is now 11 days without contact. Mine officials are discussing whether to shut down the rescue effort. |
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| Topics: coal, energy, Utah (all these topics) |
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Idle oughts
We still heart Rocky Anderson |
Kate Sheppard |
15 Aug 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Rocky Anderson is in the news again, reminding us why we all love him. Now he's taking on idling autos, calling for city-owned vehicles and personal vehicles on city business to limit their idling to five minutes, except in emergency situations. Fifty percent of air pollution in Utah comes from cars and trucks, and Rocky wants the city to do their part in cutting down on the smog-creating emissions. His environmental adviser, Jordan Gates, says this latest executi ... |
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| Topics: cars, energy, fuel efficiency, placemaking, politics, Utah (all these topics) |
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With Safety Like This, Who Needs Danger?
Rescue effort continues in collapsed Utah mine called 'safe' by owner |
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07 Aug 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| With Safety Like This, Who Needs Danger? Rescue effort continues in collapsed Utah mine called "safe" by owner The search for survivors continues at a coal mine in central Utah that collapsed early Monday. Four miners escaped the implosion -- which was so strong it registered magnitude 3.9 at a nearby seismic station -- but six others were trapped about three miles from the Crandall Canyon Mine entrance, some 1 ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, mining, news, Utah (all these topics) |
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Rocky III?
Salt Lake City might jump in for another term |
David Roberts |
21 Jun 2007 |
Gristmill |
| It's no secret that we have something of a organization-wide crush on crusading Salt Lake City mayor Rocky Anderson. As he mentioned in our interview, his plan has been to leave politics and move into advocacy behind environmental and human rights causes. But it looks like he might be reconsidering. You see, the slate of candidates for Salt Lake mayor is pretty grim. The one truly progressive candidate, the one Rocky endorsed, may not advance beyond the primary. If h ... |
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| Topics: elections, politics, Utah (all these topics) |
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The Rocky chronicles
SLC mayor takes on O'Reilly |
Kate Sheppard |
27 Apr 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Our collective BFF Rocky Anderson takes on Bill O'Reilly (not eco-related necessarily, but funny): Demonstrating that, alarmingly, liberals aren't actually all that kooky. Or irrational. Shocking. (h/t: News Hounds) |
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| Topics: green living, insanity, politics, TV, Utah (all these topics) |
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Drain Lake Powell
... before nature does it for us |
Erik Hoffner |
19 Apr 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Following a recent study forecasting permanent drought in the southwest U.S. in coming decades comes this news in today's Salt Lake Tribune. It's a proposal being floated to pipe some of the already dwindling Lake Powell reservoir (currently just half full) in a new direction, to three thirsty counties in southern Utah. Living Rivers' End Lake Powell Campaign says that draining Powell would actually add water to the Colorado River system, given the evaporative losses th ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change impacts, public lands, Utah (all these topics) |
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Jim Sims and the clean coal PR push
Learn how to recognize the shills |
David Roberts |
17 Apr 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Yesterday I wrote about an energy conference in Utah at which Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer enthusiastically shilled for coal and demanded more federal money for it. Looking more closely at the conference, I see I shouldn't have been surprised. The Salt Lake Tribune story from yesterday is all but a press release for Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr., who hosted the shindig. Toward the end, though, it drops this tidbit: Some of the West's biggest names in energy, includin ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, lying liars, politics, state politics, Utah (all these topics) |
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Between a Rocky and a chainstore
SLC mayor at it again |
Kate Sheppard |
03 Apr 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Have we mentioned how cool Rocky Anderson is? The Salt Lake City Council is pondering a resolution to keep chain stores with "cookie-cutter architecture" out of neighborhood business districts. Mayor Rocky and his staff are pushing them to take it step futher and keep chain stores out, period. "I don't care what kind of facade Starbucks has; we ought to be promoting more local businesses rather than category killers and big boxes," he told the ... |
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| Topics: shopping, food, green living, politics, Utah (all these topics) |
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Rocky on!
Anderson in the NYT today |
Kate Sheppard |
21 Mar 2007 |
Gristmill |
| With so much going on in D.C. today, we nearly missed this great story on our man Rocky Anderson in the New York Times today. Hey Rocky! |
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| Topics: local politics, politics, Utah (all these topics) |
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Not So Fast
Environmentalists take EPA, Interior Department to task |
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14 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Not So Fast Environmentalists take EPA, Interior Department to task Remember when U.S. agencies used to be able to get away with their nefarious eco-deeds? Like, for the last seven years or so? The times might just be changing. Deed one: the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management decided, after 20 years, to reactivate 23 drilling leases in areas of U ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, Department of Interior, jackassery, news, oil and gas drilling, politics, Utah (all these topics) |
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Hey Rocky!
A day with SLC Mayor Rocky Anderson, in photos |
Kate Sheppard |
07 Feb 2007 |
Gristmill |
| While down in the good state of Utah several weeks ago, I got to spend some time with Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson, featured subject of a Dave Roberts Q&A published yesterday. The good mayor had just days before given his state of the city address, the final of his two-term run as mayor of a city better-known for Mormons than for the range of forward-thinking policies in place there. In his address, the mayor praised the city's progress in cutting energy use ... |
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| Topics: energy, local politics, politics, Utah (all these topics) |
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School of Rocky
An interview with Salt Lake City mayor and green innovator Rocky Anderson |
David Roberts |
06 Feb 2007 |
Main Dish |
| Rocky Anderson shows off the solar panels on his roof. Photo: Kate Sheppard As mayor of his city, Rocky Anderson has been unapologetically liberal. He's pushed through aggressive sustainability measures and energetically championed affirmative action, gay rights, and reform of the penalty-heavy justice system. He's also been a fierce and vocal critic of the Bush administration i ... |
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| Topics: interview, local politics, politics, Utah (all these topics) |
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Sundance: Strangers in alt. fuel vehicles are so much less threatening
More adventures in Utah |
Kate Sheppard |
27 Jan 2007 |
Gristmill |
| I first heard about Sundance's renegade biofuels enthusiasts via email. The folks from Freedom Fuels, a new documentary about biofuels, were in town for Sundance -- well, roaming town that is. They weren't actually in the festival, but they were there to screen their movie regardless, traveling around town in a biodiesel-powered school bus showing it to anyone who'd climb aboard and watch. 'We would love to have ya come on by and say howdy,' wrote Heidi, one of the fil ... |
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| Topics: biofuels, energy, movies, Utah (all these topics) |
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Sundance: CarbonNeutral/LoveSounds
Yeah, yeah, it's not about the celebrities. Only it is. |
Kate Sheppard |
26 Jan 2007 |
Gristmill |
| I spent most of my time in Utah almost seeing stars. Hung out with a biofuels enthusiast that Ed Begley Jr. had hung out with the day before. Rode in a car that chauffeured Bradley Whitford the previous two days. Touched a poster that Justin Timberlake would touch just the next day. Sigh.An update (complete with photos of celebrities that I did not touch) came in today from Ice Lounge organizing-marketer-guy Scott Samson. Thanks to donations from Sundance highrollers ( ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, Utah (all these topics) |
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Sundance: Stepping up and out
Utah middle schoolers send message to world |
Kate Sheppard |
24 Jan 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Almost two years ago, aerial artist John Quigley brought more than 500 community residents and several movie stars together to spell out the words 'Arctic Warning' way up in the Arctic Circle. The event was documented by Everything's Cool co-director Daniel B. Gold, and makes an appearance in the film. On Monday, Quigley arranged nearly 1,000 Utah middle schoolers to send a response to the Arctic and the rest of the world: 'Step it up -- go carbon neutral.'In an event ... |
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| Topics: grassroots activism, jackassery, Utah (all these topics) |
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