Providing balanced information for using water as a renewable energy resource in the Northwest
By Chelsea Vitone News Tribune Tacoma Power has spent millions to install mechanical devices for getting fish around its Cushman dams to honor a 2009 legal settlement with the Skokomish Tribe. Among the improvements: A fish-collection system at…
By Associated Press and Tri-City Herald The News Tribune Dredging could start as soon as Monday at the downstream navigation lock approach at Ice Harbor Dam on the Snake River, after a ruling this week by a federal judge…
By Christian Wihtol Register-Guard The Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife has implemented an emergency early transfer of more than 50,000 trout from its Leaburg hatchery into Willamette Valley fishing spots because of the problems at the Eugene Water…
By Phuong Le, Associated Press The Spokesman-Review Greenhouse gas emissions in Washington state dropped by about 4.6 percent from 2010 to 2011, led by reductions in emissions from the electricity sector, according to the latest figures released by…
By Phuong Le, The Associated Press Yakima Herald Boeing said Tuesday it plans to buy renewable energy credits to replace fossil-fuel power at the factory where it assembles its 737 commercial airplanes. The aerospace company and the utility,…
by Keith Ridler The Seattle Times Strategies used to bring back from the brink of extinction a population of central Idaho sockeye salmon have been so successful they could be used as a blueprint to prevent other extinctions,…
The News Tribune A little after 8 a.m. at the Cowlitz River Salmon Hatchery, about 800 coho idle in a narrow concrete channel impatiently leaping at the stainless steel grate barring their journey upriver. “It’s kind of slow…
By The Associated Press The Oregonian Sea lions may be killing more returning salmon at the mouth of the Columbia River than previously thought, according to research on fish survival. Preliminary research by NOAA Fisheries shows a steady…
By, Northwest Part of Energy Department $10 Million Funding for Full-Scale Wave Energy Device Testing The Energy Department, in coordination with the Navy, today announced funding for two companies that will continue to advance marine and hydrokinetic (MHK)…
By Energy Department Making Hydropower More Eco-Friendly Hydropower has long provided a flexible, low-cost, and renewable source of power for the United States—since the 1800s, in fact. Even today, in fact, hydropower accounted for roughly half of the nation’s…