The Albany County Board of Commissioners have approved a wind energy conversion systems permit for the Rock Creek Wind Project by a 3-0 vote. The commission had tabled the project following a public hearing Dec. 7 after commissioners asked for more time to ask questions and took the issue up Read more…
Greetings and Happy New Year from the Alliance for Renewable Energy of Laramie! Interested in volunteering to serve the betterment of your community and share your knowledge/expertise? The City of Laramie is looking for interested citizens to fill vacancies on various boards/commissions. One of which is the Environmental Advisory Committee, Read more…
The automotive industry has finally started to embrace battery-powered vehicles—but students at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands are already thinking about what comes next. A group of 22 coeds working under the name Solar Team Eindhoven has just unveiled Stella Vita, the world’s first entirely solar-powered camper, according to Ars Technica. The vehicle features a Read more…
Our friends at City Climate Corner recently released a new episode featuring students from the University of Wyoming and their efforts to promote sustainable initiatives/planning within the local community. Follow the link below to hear these students (Chelsea Taylor, Zac Isler, and Jarad O’Brien) talk about their projects, their impact Read more…
Legend Inc, a Wyoming-based developer of whom little is known, has submitted a proposal for what would be, by far, the largest solar installation in the state. The proposal is for a 250 MW installation set to be constructed in Riverton, which is located on the Wind River Reservation in Read more…
Tim Kaumo grew up in the shadow of Wyoming’s imposing Jim Bridger Power Plant, with its four towering exhaust stacks and rumbling trains delivering a steady stream of coal feeding the hungry boilers converting carbon into electricity.© Trevor Hughes, Trevor Hughes-USA TODAY NETWORK Coal-fired power plants next to the WyoDak mine east of Gillette, Read more…
Recently ARE and City and University leaders spoke with the City Climate Corner podcast to share how Laramie is taking action on reducing our city’s carbon emissions, even in coal-country Wyoming. Listen to the podcast episode using the link below and share with your friends, family and neighbors! https://www.cityclimatecorner.com/episodes/laramie-wy-coal-country-climate-action?fbclid=IwAR3b3o6MhDPriStvWQzPRzUhJgaSRpDeqkkTgLWizEBszuu99I1e9lY_S4c
By Brad PlumerMay 18, 2021, 1:00 a.m. ET Nations around the world would need to immediately stop approving new coal-fired power plants and new oil and gas fields and quickly phase out gasoline-powered vehicles if they want to avert the most catastrophic effects of climate change, the world’s leading energy agency said Read more…