Letters from the West
Rocky Barker: Is Hoku vs. Idaho Power a billing dispute or international incident?
The dispute between Idaho Power and Pocatello polysilicon manufacturer Hoku Corp illustrates the Idaho Public Utilities Commission’s challenge of balancing the needs of a start-up company with the expectations of a regulated utility and its other customers.
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ENVIRONMENT
Barker: Early Forest Service chief viewed resource as social tools
Political consensus and laws that gave the U.S. Forest Service access to its own revenues disappeared in the forest wars changing how 20 million acres in Idaho is managed.
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ENVIRONMENT
Simplot will make fertilizer that can’t double as a bomb
Simplot may be contributing to a shift that makes the world a little more secure over time with its new bomb-free fertilizer.
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ENVIRONMENT
Barker: FERC sends message that wind power has priority in N.W.
Two orders by a federal energy panel underscore the tension that rapid development of renewable energy in the Pacific Northwest has created.
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ENVIRONMENT
Barker: Public TV series tells little-known history of American Indians
A public television rebroadcast of the series “We Shall Remain” highlights stories about native Americans that deserve to be heard and understood.
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LETTERS FROM THE WEST
Barker: Budget woes hit livestock industries
Budget realities hit Idaho’s cattle and sheep industries.
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ENVIRONMENT
Barker: Salmon advocates want judge’s help
Nez Perce tribe and other salmon advocates recently requested a settlement judge be appointed by the Court to help improve the process of finding solutions to save endangered salmon.
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ENVIRONMENT
Barker: Marris offers a different hope for world that’s no longer pristine
Emma Marris’ book Rambunctious Garden is the most important environmental book since aldo Leopold’s Sand County Almanac.
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ENVIRONMENT
Barker: The sky’s the limit for Northwest aviation biofuel
Development of an aviation biofuel industry that could replace 20 percent of jet fuel in less than a decade.
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LETTERS FROM THE WEST
Barker: Conservation pioneer wants to save another wild place
Boyd Norton inspired young INL scientists to join the cause, bringing the so-called “site environmentalists” into Idaho’s preservation causes.
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LETTERS FROM THE WEST
Rocky: Brady set a high bar for Idaho environmentalists
Rocky Barker remembers the man who brought him to Idaho in the first place.
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