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To benefit Western Resource Advocates, two Aveda salons are raffling off a 2008 Toyota Prius. Proceeds will support WRA’s Colorado water conservation and river restoration programs.
Just $10 gets you a ticket. Buy more, and you increase your chances of winning. Only 4,000 tickets have been printed. Buy raffle tickets for yourself or give them to your friends and relatives as gifts. This could be the best $10 you ever spent!
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A Clean Electric Energy Strategy for Arizona
Meeting Increasing Electricity Demand with A Clean Energy Portfolio
Much of Arizona’s electricity is generated at power plants burning coal or natural gas. The current energy portfolio is not only subject to volatile and potentially increasing costs, it also imposes enormous environmental impacts.
The clean energy strategy described in this report can reliably meet Arizona’s growing electricity demands, with very limited emissions of greenhouse gases and at reasonable cost. No new pulverized coal power plants will be needed.
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Energy Corridors to Link up New Coal Plants in the West
Download a new map that shows the relationship of proposed energy transmission corridors and new coal plants in the western U.S. high resolution map or low resolution map
To meet future energy demands, utilities and federal agencies are now proposing to overhaul the western power grid. The upcoming years will be incredibly important as this major transmission build-out is planned and implemented in the region. WRA has responded by developing a new energy transmission program to influence these planning processes and achieve a sustainable energy policy for the West that, unlike the proposed energy corridors, focuses new transmission on linking up renewable energy resources. Click here (21MB) to download WRA’s transmission planning guide.
Recent Developments
- WRA successfully defends 2,000 acres of roadless lands southwest of Carbondale from natural gas drilling. Representing a coalition of eight conservation groups, WRA appealed the validity of drilling leases issued in the White River, Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests. The victory protects an important wild area in Colorado and habitat for the endangered Canada lynx. Read more about this victory...
- The Environmental Center of the Rockies is part of a cell phone tour as the start of a pilot program being promoted by a partnership of the city of Boulder’s Water Conservation Office and the Boulder Convention and Visitors Bureau. By dialing (703) 342-0606 on their cell phones, listeners will learn about the various investments made in green building. These measures include solar electricity, xeriscape, strategies for dealing with storm runoff, efficient windows and heating and cooling systems, and the use of products made from recycled materials. For more information, read the press release.
- Nevada Environment Commission to Consider Climate Petition: Proposed Cap on CO2 Pollution Would Suspend Permitting for New Coal-fired Power Plants. Read the Press Release.
- Westerners testify before congress on the impacts of commercial leasing of federal oil shale resources in western Colorado. Read the press release , or read the letter to the Chairman of the Natural Resources Committee.
- Major Utah Victory for Air Quality Protection. To read more, click here.
- Two reports ask tough questions about Southern Nevada Water Authority's (SNWA) planned pipeline and provide sound alternatives to the costly project. To read WRA’s report, click here (4.6 Mb). To read PLAN’s report, click here (10 Mb).
- Read our most recent Annual Report: Annual Report (1 Mb)
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Upcoming Events
Spring 2008
WRA is delighted to have been selected again as AVEDA’s Earth Month Partner for 2008. We will collaborate with salons across the Rocky Mountain region on Aveda’s Earth Month Campaign -- a variety of fun and inspiring events to promote smart water use and conservation. Check back soon—you won’t want to miss the upcoming events!
Summer 2008 Internships
WRA is currently accepting applications for Summer internships in Boulder, Santa Fe, and Salt Lake City. Legal and Non-legal internships available. Click here for more information.
March 5
WRA Water Program Director Bart Miller will join other water experts and professionals in a panel discussion of re-use and other solutions for meeting Colorado Front Range water demands. University of Denver Sturm Law School.
June 5
WRA Water Program Director Bart Miller will speak at the University of Colorado’s Natural Resource Law Center’s annual water conference entitled “Living Without Limits: Water, Resources, and Landscapes of the New West”.
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