en-us Copyright Sightline Daily - all rights reserved newsfeeds@sightline.org newsfeeds@sightline.org Most recent Idaho headlines from Sightline Daily, the Northwest news that matters http://daily.sightline.org Plone http://daily.sightline.org/logo.gif 427 69 Idaho Power Co. is investing up to $1 million to seed the clouds above Idaho's mountains in hopes of increasing the snowpack that holds the water that will drive the hydroelectric turbines to produce the cheapest power the company can get. http://www.idahostatesman.com/localnews/story/978705.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IdahostatesmancomLocalNews+%28IdahoStatesman.com+Local+News%29&utm_content=Google+Reader Energy Idaho 11/19/2009 Boise Idaho Statesman Treasure Valley Solar is marketing a way to keep electronic devices revved up in the car without turning on the engine. http://www.idahostatesman.com/business/story/976013.html Energy Green Business Sprawl & Transportation Idaho 11/17/2009 Boise Idaho Statesman Cattle feeding lot owners will have to submit a nutrient management plan for review under new rules proposed for Idaho by the US Environmental Protection Agency. http://www.idahostatesman.com/environment/story/975402.html Environment Food & Farms Policy Idaho United States 11/16/2009 Boise Idaho Statesman Gov. Butch Otter said the federal government has let down the ranchers and others in Idaho who stepped forward to help a rare flowering bush that grows in the Foothills and in wet areas of Southwest Idaho's desert - even though it was not protected under the Endangered Species Act. http://www.idahostatesman.com/localnews/story/976028.html Environment Policy Idaho 11/17/2009 Boise Idaho Statesman National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis didn't wait long to reach into his Idaho roots. Jarvis, who served as superintendent of Craters of the Moon National Monument, picked the University of Idaho's Gary Machlis to serve as the first National Park Service science adviser. http://www.idahostatesman.com/environment/story/974714.html Environment Policy Idaho United States 11/17/2009 Boise Idaho Statesman While the number of American hunters is going down, the hunting tradition remains strong in rural states like Idaho. http://www.kuow.org/program.php?id=18781 Environment Idaho 11/12/2009 KUOW Idaho's three state universities will share in a $6 million National Science Foundation grant aimed at addressing climate change. http://www.idahostatesman.com/localnews/story/969723.html Climate Idaho 11/11/2009 Boise Idaho Statesman Since 2005 Idaho Power has offered customers in Emmett different rates for different times of the day help people reduce their own bills and the utilities' demand for power. Thanks to a $47 million stimulus grant from the Obama administration's Department of Energy, all of Idaho Power's customers will have similar tools for reducing their power bills by 2012. http://www.idahostatesman.com/business/story/967327.html Efficiency Energy Policy Solutions Idaho 11/10/2009 Boise Idaho Statesman On a small lot tucked between conventional homes on Boise Avenue, Mark Lung is hard at work stacking bales of straw and mixing mud. http://www.idahostatesman.com/newsupdates/story/966167.html Efficiency Solutions Sustainable Living Idaho 11/09/2009 Boise Idaho Statesman