Providing balanced information for using water as a renewable energy resource in the Northwest
By Rich Landers Spokesman Review FISHERIES — The eggs of endangered Kootenai River white sturgeon in Idaho and Montana are less likely to hatch in the river because of flow changes caused by Libby Dam and other human actions,…
By Andy Giegerich Sustainable Business Oregon Two energy advocates have released a case study that examines how hydropower can occur away from the natural river system. The Bonneville Environmental Foundation and Energy Trust of Oregon issued the study,…
By Scott Learn The Oregonian PARKDALE — As salmon streams go, Hood River faces some unique challenges: glacial gullywashers from Mount Hood, heavy irrigation withdrawals for Oregon’s top fruit orchards and a once hardy population of spring chinook…
By K.C. Mehaffey Wenatchee World OROVILLE — Aesthetics of Similkameen Falls must be considered if the Okanogan County PUD rebuilds the Enloe Dam to generate power, the Pollution Control Hearings Board ruled last week. The board affirmed the state…
By Becky Kramer Spokesman Review BRIDGEPORT, Wash. – Cheers went up when Colville tribal fisherman Mylan Williams hauled a 20-pound chinook out of the Columbia River with a dip net. Then hats came off in a show of respect….
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…
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…
By Mark Yuasa Seattle Times Baker Lake summer sockeye could soon see a dramatic boost in returns. Puget Sound Energy work crews launched a second 1,100-ton barge fish collector March 1, anchored just above Lower Baker Dam on…
By Robert Hotakinen Yakima Herald WASHINGTON — When President Dwight Eisenhower signed the Columbia River Treaty with Canada as one of his last official acts in January of 1961, global warming did not rank as a public concern….
By Eric Florip and Aaron Corvin The Columbian Anyone involved in the winter tourism industry knows what uncertainty feels like. Snow is currency, and climate change could deliver a damaging blow to businesses that depend on wintry weather,…