Year: 2013
Global renewable energy growing fast
By Jonathan Fahey Associated Press NEW YORK — Renewable energy is growing fast around the world and will edge out natural gas as the second- biggest source of electricity, after coal, by 2016, according to a five-year outlook…
Colville Confederated Tribes opens $51 million Washington fish hatchery
By Associated Press Yakima Herald Republic BRIDGEPORT, Wash. — A new fish hatchery that will release nearly 3 million salmon to the wild each year is set to be dedicated today in rural north-central Washington, marking the opening…
Klamath Tribes and federal government put out historic call for water rights in drought-stricken Klamath Basin
By Scott Learn The Oregonian The Klamath Tribes and the federal government called their water rights in southern Oregon’s Klamath Basin for the first time Monday, likely cutting off irrigation water to hundreds of cattle ranchers and farmers…
PGE projects mean 100s of construction jobs in Boardman, Dayton
By Annette Cary Tri-City Herald Boardman — Up to 800 construction jobs could be generated by two new power projects planned in Boardman and Dayton by Portland General Electric Co. PGE has announced plans for a 440-megawatt natural…
Oregon must reduce carbon emissions 48 percent by 2030
By: Gosia Wozniacka The Associated Press – The Register Guard PORTLAND — Oregon must slash its carbon dioxide emissions from power plants nearly in half by 2030 under federal requirements the Obama administration has proposed to curb global…
Portland General Electric plans $1 billion investment in gas plant and wind farm
By Ted Sickinger The Oregonian Portland General Electric Co. on Monday announced the front end of a massive capital investment program, unveiling its plan to invest nearly $1 billion in a new gas fired power plant in Central…