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 Cohn 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
- Feds Poised to Remove Northwest Dam EnergyBiz Magazine
- Women Rising: Ten Leaders in a Male World EnergyBiz Magazine
- Getting Grid “Smart” in Small Steps in Iowa SNL Financial
- Replacing Coal with Solar in Nevada SNL Financial
- The Urgent Search for Carbon-Munching Materials SNL Financial
- Duke Energy’s Visionary Smart Grid Approach: It’s Not Just About the Meter SNL Financial
- Is Weak Climate Legislation Better Than None At All? SNL Financial
- Battle for the Home Front EnergyBiz Magazine
- The Business of Geothermal EnergyBiz Magazine
- Thin Film: Business is Exciting Sun & Wind Energy Magazine
- Renewable Energy Degrees are Cropping Up in the U.S. Sun & Wind Energy Magazine
- Wind Energy Hung Up in the Queue Sun & Wind Energy Magazine
- Strong Wind Buffets Bonneville: Surging Need for Northwest Transmission EnergyBiz 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
- 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
