Industrializing the Wild

Steve Scher
07/23/2009 at 10:00 a.m.

Alternative energy production is being encouraged by the Obama administration. Ideally, these new energy sources replace fossil fuels and decrease the amount of pollutants in our environment. They can also create new jobs. But much of this new industry is being built in rural and wilderness areas. Are "green" energy projects really greener? What are we compromising for clean energy?

Guest(s)

Matt Steuerwalt is senior vice president of Stategies–360 a public relations and public policy firm. He is working as a consultant to the Teanaway Solar Reserve. He spent four years as Governor Chris Gregoire's energy advisor.

Aaron Robins is the chair of the Energy Committee Cascade Chapter Sierra Club.

Doug Kilgore is the president of RIDGE, a grass roots citizen group that shares a common concern about the harvest of forested lands surrounding Upper Kittitas County and communities. He also lives in Roslyn, Washington.

Mike Nelson is a solar energy specialist for Washington State University.