http://www.peakstoprairies.org/Network/News/index.cfm http://www.peakstoprairies.org/network/news/NewsItem.cfm?ID=1173 A Utah company plans to dig a series of caverns that it hopes to one day fill with compressed air, releasing it to generate electricity by turning a turbine and solving one of the most vexing problems facing the clean-energy industry -- how to store power. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 MST http://www.peakstoprairies.org/network/news/NewsItem.cfm?ID=1174 For 99 years, furnace tenders like "Outback" John Schertz have loaded coal into a giant boiler in the basement of the San Juan County courthouse. Now Schertz is adding sunflower hulls into the flames. Those hulls, pulverized and pressed into green pellets, represent a new twist in a southwestern Colorado attempt to turn sunflowers into fuel. Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:00:00 MST http://www.peakstoprairies.org/network/news/NewsItem.cfm?ID=1172 Wind power development in southwest Wyoming got a step closer Wednesday with the release of a long-awaited environmental study of Sweetwater County's first major commercial wind energy project. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 MST http://www.peakstoprairies.org/network/news/NewsItem.cfm?ID=1171 The budget includes $1.3 billion for state and tribal grants. State and local governments are working diligently to implement new and expanded requirements under the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act. New and expanded requirements include implementation of updated NAAQS and addressing emerging water quality issues such as nutrient pollution. Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 MST