Rocky Barker: Take a big-picture look at resolving energy issues

By Rocky Barker
Idaho Statesman

Think about all the energy news that’s breaking around us in Idaho.

The Idaho Legislature is debating whether to maintain a sales tax rebate for renewable projects. Days earlier, lawmakers killed a moratorium on wind plants.

Idaho’s Department of Environmental Quality has just put up a new monitor in Meridian to determine whether radiation from the damaged nuclear reactors in Japan is coming here. Read More