Clean, Renewable Energy

The United States’ huge appetite for energy, our reliance on unstable and unfriendly countries for most of our oil, our addiction to dirty fossil fuels, and irresponsible national energy policy are a deadly combination for the global environment and the Rocky Mountain West.

Our dependence on coal, oil, and gas fuels global warming. The Bush administration’s rush to spur domestic natural gas production harmed western agriculture, water, communities, wildlife, and public lands.

Fortunately, there is a good solution to our nation’s energy crisis—developing the West’s vast supply of clean and renewable energy. Renewable energy and energy efficiency are the fastest and most reliable way to increase energy supplies.

They also create more jobs than fossil fuel development, lower natural gas and electricity prices, and benefit the environment. Renewable resources are a common-sense step away from our dependence on an unstable, unclean fossil fuel supply, and toward a new energy future.

Never miss an opportunity to make the West a healthier and more sustainable place to call home.

The Local Land-use Policies Powering Colorado’s Renewable Energy Transition

Colorado shows that county zoning codes can build momentum for the renewable energy movement By Michael Nelson, WORC campaign organizer When discussing clean energy policy,…

Incentivizing Clean Energy with a Community Benefit Agreement

Dakota Resource Council helps two counties garner huge economic benefits through an agreement it proposed for a wind farm in North Dakota By Ted Brewer,…

Leading Light

Above: DRC member Bill Patrie stands in front of a solar thermal panel in Lightspring Solar’s Net-zero living renewable energy technology laboratory and classroom. Photo…