Center News and Notes

In 2021, we interviewed Buzz Thompson about a newly-launched California water market, seen primarily as a tool to help farmers hedge against water price increases. Now, Thompson has co-authored a study proposing an "environmental" water market with…

Backers say Small Modular Reactors promise safe, cheap, carbon-free energy. But as is common in nuclear power, the reality is more complicated. The small city of Kemmerer, Wyoming, is set to house the first U.S. commercial-scale SMR demonstration.

New research out of Stanford's Bill Lane Center for the American West highlights progress and challenges in municipal fleet electrification under California’s Advanced Clean Fleet rule.

The Bill Lane Center remembers John E. Bryson, former advisory council member, U.S. Secretary of Commerce, and environmental advocate.