(In Case You Missed It) is a weekly feature at Western Views that runs every Monday. The goal of ICYMI Monday is to catch you up on some of the most important stories about conservation and the environment that you might have missed last week. Solar-Powered Plane Lands Near Washington Continue reading
A clean energy future is fundamental to our country’s environment, economy, public health, and national security. This future requires rapid and extensive development of energy efficiency measures, distributed generation* like rooftop solar panels, and large amounts of large-scale renewable energy generation. Moving that renewable energy from high quality and cost-effective, Continue reading
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is considering an increase in oil shale royalty rates. This rate increase would help protect families, communities, air, water, wildlife and the environment from speculative and potentially hazardous extraction of oil shale on public lands. Current royalty rates start at 5 percent and gradually Continue reading