Providing balanced information for using water as a renewable energy resource in the Northwest
By Steve Wright and Matthew Rooney Spokesman Review The Columbia River Treaty has been one of the most successful international agreements ever, partly due to the leading role played by regional entities on both sides of the border…
By Staff Spokesman Review YAKIMA, Wash. – Plans for a proposed $2.5 billion reservoir system to generate power south of Goldendale have found an unlikely partner: a Chinese hydropower company. The project is billed as a large-scale energy storage…
By Staff Herald and News The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released a draft plan Monday for recovering threatened Snake River fall chinook salmon – fish that have to pass eight Columbia and Snake River dams to reach…
By Associated Press Seattle Post Intelligencer HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The Helena Valley Irrigation District is looking to retrofit its existing pump plant at Canyon Ferry Dam to produce hydropower. Read more
By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS, The Associated Press Yakima Press SPOKANE — The issue of breaching four giant dams on the Snake River to help endangered salmon runs has percolated in the Northwest for decades, but the idea has…
By Staff Spokesman Review QUINCY – Size matters, right? Just ask Yahoo! Inc., which is about to double the size of its Quincy data center. Yahoo said Monday it will add about 300,000 square feet and thousands of servers…
The Okanogan complex fire, with injuries, loss of property and thousands of acres burned land, hit our friends in Okanogan County hard. Showing spirit synonymous with resilience to this largely rural area, the county fair was postponed but…
Check out the PowerWheel video, which showcases a popular way for teachers and utilities to explain how the force of falling water supports the generation of clean, renewable energy. By hooking up the PowerWheel to a faucet, student…
Hundreds of millions of dollars are invested annually by federal, public and private operators to mitigate the environmental effects of operating hydroelectric projects. Fish, particularly salmon and steelhead, are the most visible barometer of whether these investments are…
By RACHEL LA CORTE and DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press The Columbian OLYMPIA — Until about a decade ago, the rural central Washington town of Quincy was perhaps best known for its apples and potatoes. Then Microsoft and…