Providing balanced information for using water as a renewable energy resource in the Northwest
By: Jeff Mapes The Oregonian Could a small electrical cooperative in eastern Oregon up-end the state’s renewable energy law? That’s the question being asked as the Umatilla Electric Cooperative essentially tells legislators: Fix the renewable energy standards to…
Associated Press The Oregonian The United States has staked out its position for potential negotiations with Canada over a treaty governing hydropower and flood control on the Columbia River and seeks to keep more of the energy produced…
By: Becky Kramer The Spokesman-Review Last weekend’s doozy of a storm followed a classic Northwest weather script. Winds gusting to 40 mph blew moisture-rich air from the ocean into the Cascades and Northern Rockies, dumping snow on the mountains…