Providing balanced information for using water as a renewable energy resource in the Northwest
By Chenfei Zhang Spokesman Review WASHINGTON – The nation could get new electricity from old dams, saving time and money compared to damming new streams, under a bill that passed the House unanimously this week. The Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency…
By Becky Kramer Spokesman Review Nearly 50 years ago, Canada and the United States shook hands over a groundbreaking accord that altered life in the Northwest. The Columbia River Treaty turned the 1,200-mile-long river and its tributaries into an…
By Christian Wihtol The Register-Guard COTTAGE GROVE — After nearly a decade of planning, an energy company has begun building a powerhouse to generate electricity from water flowing at Dorena Dam southeast of Cottage Grove. The work began…
By Bill Sheets The Herald EVERETT, Wash. —When an initiative was proposed six years ago to require large utilities to provide energy from renewable sources, supporters said it would do more than just help the environment. It would…
By Bianca Fortis The Centralia Chronicle As the last part of a $30 million overhaul of the Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery, Tacoma Public Utilities has completed a $481,000 remodel of the hatchery’s visitor center. The grand opening of the…
By Frank Jordans Associated Press GENEVA — Global investment in renewable energy reached a record of $257 billion last year, with solar attracting more than half the total spending, according to a U.N. report released Monday. Investment in…
E&E TV Are environmental regulations making it more difficult for the Bureau of Reclamation to keep hydropower affordable and reliable? During today’s OnPoint, Michael Connor, commissioner of the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation, the second-largest…
By Scott Learn Oregonian A U.S. district judge has rejected the Humane Society of the United States’ request for an injunction that would immediately stop killing of California sea lions that eat salmon near Bonneville Dam. Judge Michael…
By Associated Press Oregonian Frustrated that a deal to remove a string of hydroelectric dams from the Klamath River in Northern California has stalled, the Hoopa Tribe has petitioned federal authorities to restart the bureaucratic process in hopes…
By Lynda V. Mapes Seattle Times Just as Washington makes an international splash for the largest dam removal ever in North America, a local utility is proposing to build a hydroelectric project on one of the last free-flowing…