Rep. John Curtis, R-Utah, is sponsoring legislation that would streamline the federal process for geothermal projects. Curtis says current regulations are burdensome, costly and and delay projects for years.
Rep. John Curtis, R-Utah, is sponsoring legislation that would streamline the federal process for geothermal projects. Curtis says current regulations are burdensome, costly and and delay projects for years.
The Bureau of Land Management announced last week it will spend $4.9 million to study the effects of renewable energy projects on wildlife populations and rare plant species.
BEAVER COUNTY, Utah — In a sagebrush valley full of wind turbines and solar panels in western Utah, Tim Latimer gazed up at a very different device he believes could be just as powerful for fighting climate change — maybe even more. It was a drilling rig, of all things, transplanted from the oil fields of North Dakota. But the softly whirring rig wasn’t searching for fossil fuels. It was drilling for heat. Latimer’s company, Fervo Energy, is part of an ambitious effort to unlock vast amounts of