Lisa Cohn

Lisa Cohn has worked as a writer for more than 20 years, focusing on energy and environment.

She has received ten writing awards, from the Pacific Northwest Writers Association, Willamette Writers, Associated Oregon Industries, Parenting Publications of America and other associations.

Her stories about energy and environment have appeared in Mother Earth News, Natural Home Magazine, Horizon Air Magazine, Oregon Business, Open Spaces, Electrical World, Business Week, the Portland Tribune, The Oregonian, Renewable Energy World, EnergyBiz, Windpower Monthly and other publications.

For more than 20 years Lisa worked as a stringer for newsletters published by McGraw-Hill/Platt’s Energy that focus on energy and environment. She is a former U.S. stringer for Windpower Monthly Magazine, a former associate editor of Oregon Business and a former editor of Forest Perspectives, a quarterly magazine published by the World Forestry Center. She began her writing career as an energy and environment reporter for The Cape Cod Times.

Writing Samples

• "Wind Energy Hung Up in the Queue" Sun & Wind Energy Magazine

• "Strong Wind Buffets Bonneville: Surging Need for Northwest Transmission" EnergyBiz Magazine

• "Safeguard Your RE Investment: Finding a Policy that Works for Your System" Home Power Magazine

• "Strategies for Meeting Workforce Demand" SolarPro Magazine

• "Solar Pool Heating in the USA: Luxury with a Clear Conscience" Sun & Wind Energy Magazine

• "Early Start to Good Energy Habits" EnergyBiz Magazine

• "Nuclear in Idaho" EnergyBiz Magazine

• "The Future: Widespread Use of CSP?" Sun & Wind Energy Magazine

• "Concentrating Solar Power" Sun & Wind Energy Magazine

• "Wanted: Trained Solar Installers" Sun & Wind Energy Magazine

• "Green Ethic Takes Root"  Renewable Energy World

• "Taking a Shine to Solar" Renewable Energy World

• "Texas Wind: An Oil State's New Energy Revolution" Renewable Energy World

• "Fighting Mercury Emissions"  EnergyBiz Magazine

• "More Than Ever, Firms Flip On Greener Switch" Portland Tribune

• "Northwest Plays It Smart With Energy" Portland Tribune

• "Wind: Obstacles To Blow Over"  Renewable Energy World Magazine

• "Winds of Change" Horizon Air Magazine

• "The Clean Energy Shell Game" Mother Earth News

• "‘Free’ Market For Power Is Still Slave To PGE Forces" Portland Tribune

• "Chasing The Wind" Oregon Business

• "Windpower: Will It Prevail?" Electrical World

• "A Common Vision: Ken Lay of Enron And Ken Harrison of PGE Think Alike" The Oregonian

• "Green Power Gaining Support" Portland Tribune

• "Painting The Town Green" Portland Tribune