By Staff Bonners Ferry News U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-ID) and John Barrasso (R-WY) on Friday praised the Senate’s unanimous passage of the “Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act.” The bill, which already…
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 Shannon Dininny Associated Press YAKIMA, Wash. — Researchers in the Pacific Northwest are testing and evaluating a new power storage system that could help store excess electricity generated by the region’s many wind farms. The system announced…
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…
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 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…
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…
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 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…