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Second Rail Bridge on Lake Pend Oreille: More Is Not Better

"Build it and they will come." This ominous saying suggests that Idahoans need to take a closer look at BNSF’s proposal to install a second rail bridge across Lake Pend Oreille.

Cleaning Energy by Challenging Coal Plants

ICL cannot agree to ask Avista customers to pay for unnecessary and ineffective pollution controls  for Colstrip that will not address climate change.

Permit for Largest Proposed Coal Export Terminal in North America-Denied

If the permit survives an appeal, North Idaho communities will be spared an additional 16 trains per day.

You Can Influence Energy Policy

There are two cases that you can weigh in on right now!

Avista Handcuffing North Idaho to Sinking Coal Ship

Since the 1980s, Avista has forced its customers to pay for coal-generated electricity produced by the Colstrip power plant in Montana. Time for Avista to stop relying on Colstrip.

The Case Against Colstrip

A lot has changed since the 1980s, making it harder for the economics of Colstrip  to pencil out. Avista should reconsider its plans for this massive plant.

Save Idaho’s TIGER!

The President has proposed slashing the transportation infrastructure budget, a move that would eliminate the TIGER grants program.

A Second Railroad Bridge Across Lake Pend Oreille?

The BNSF Railway is moving forward with plans to construct a second railroad bridge across Lake Pend Oreille. The public needs to be able to weigh in on these plans.

Coal Plant Closures

Regardless of rhetoric, for Idaho clean energy still just makes sense.

North Idaho: Dodging Bullets But for How Long?

Union Pacific train derails north of Bonners Ferry-as of this morning, the derailment is inaccessible to motorized emergency vehicles.