Treasure Valley residents have dealt with a summer that has been even hotter and smokier than usual — one of several tangible ways climate change has affected Idaho.
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission rejected a proposed settlement that would have allowed Idaho Power to cut payments to solar customers from 10 cents per kilowatt hour to 4.4 cents over 10 years.
ID Republicans and Democrats agreed about the existence and causes of climate change at a House Environment, Energy & Technology committee hearing after two decades of largely ignoring the issue.
Idaho Department of Fish and Game drastically reduced the number of antlered and antlerless moose tags it will issue over concerns that the animals’ population is dropping due to climate change, predation and more.
Environmental journalist Rocky Barker will retire from the Idaho Statesman on May 25, 2018. He has spent 22 years covering environmental issues and politics for the newspaper.
