When Byron Kominek returned home after the Peace Corps and later working as a diplomat in Africa, his family’s 24-acre farm near Boulder, Colo., was struggling to turn a profit. “Our farm has mainly been hay producing for fifty years,” Kominek said, on a recent chilly morning, the sun illuminating Read more…
Swedish energy firm Vattenfall has been given a permit to build the project in the Netherlands. The idea of deploying solar panels on farmland has been around for many years. Swedish energy firm Vattenfall has been given a permit to build a project in the Netherlands that plans to combine Read more…
Mathew Mendisco knows his community looks less and less like a coal town. On a recent afternoon, the town manager of Hayden, Colo., arrived at Yampa Valley Brewing Company for happy hour. The taproom is attached to a small vacation rental unit. Next door is a new coffee shop built 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…
It took over two years, but Rolls-Royce’s first electric plane is finally ready for the skies. The all-electric plane built by the British aerospace company—which was once related to the famed automaker but is now a separate entity—completed its maiden flight last week in the UK. The Spirit of Innovation flew for 15 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
Wyoming Public Radio | By Maggie MullenPublished June 18, 2021 at 1:14 PM MDT Heat waves, like the one felt across the West this week, are expected to happen more frequently and to last longer because of climate change. But a lot of homes in the region don’t have air conditioning. According to federal data, Read more…
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…