Cap 'n trade must pass now, says scientist
Article published on 6-5-2009 in the Wyoming Business Report by Brodie Farquhar on keynote speaker, Dr. Steven Running.

Planning board hears of ambitious transit plan for public
Representatives of the Yellowstone Business Partnership (YBP), Chair Dave Stauffer and Executive Director Janice Brown, introduced plans for a tri-state transport system to members of the Carbon County Planning Board, March 11 at Red Lodge City Hall.

Scientists warn it will take centuries to reverse global warming
An analysis published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences said that it will take a thousand years to reverse the changes triggered by current levels of carbon dioxide, and warned that the Southwest United States, as well as other areas of the world, will experience droughts similar to that in the 1930s. Los Angeles Times; 01/27/2009

Idaho woman's wish for Mesa Falls preserve may have to wait
President Bush could use the Antiquities Act of 1906 to protect 200,000 acres in the Caribou Targhee National Forest as the Mesa Falls National Monument--think then-President Bill Clinton's use of the Act in 2000 to create the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah--but since that seems unlikely, protection of the area in eastern Idaho will have to wait.

Winter Use Proposed Rule Released For Public Comment
A proposed rule concerning winter use in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks is now out for public review and comment.

Yellowstone Breaks Visitation Record In 2007
Visitation to Yellowstone National Park continued a record-breaking pace into the early winter season, culminating with an all-time annual visitation high of 3,151,342, up 9.8% from last year.

CONCESSIONER XANTERRA PARKS & RESORTS SET TO INSTALL ONE OF LARGEST SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS IN THE COUNTRY
Death Valley Solar Photovoltaic System – Largest in Tourism Industry — Will Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions by More Than 30 Percent

Park gets new parcel
A prime piece of real estate in the heart of Grand Teton National Park has been turned over to the park by the Rockefeller family.

Crews expand cleanup of nuclear weapons waste at E. Idaho site
As part of a seven-year, $2.9 billion Idaho Cleanup Project under way in the state's eastern desert, crews have begun excavating nuclear waste buried in a second pit at the Idaho National Laboratory complex.

Tiny Alta honored for green energy
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has added the tiny Utah resort town of Alta to its list of Green Power Communities, which must get more than 3 percent of their total power needs from renewable resources.

Study: Antelope flourish in gas fields
Antelope do not appear to be unduly stressed so far on and around the Pinedale Anticline, but increased energy activity may change their use of the area, according to recent results of an ongoing study.

IF may go back to the drawing board if Utah coal plant collapses
Idaho Falls may have to find another source for its growing electricity needs, as plans for a coal-fired plant in Utah stall.