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One of America's reddest states wants 100% green energy — if dams count as green
LA Times via Yahoo Finance· 9 months agoThe Snake River rushes through Hells Canyon Dam as night falls on the Idaho-Oregon border. (Robert...
Then and Now: Grand Coulee Dam
The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. via Yahoo News· 1 month agoMay 19—In the depths of the Great Depression, Spokane celebrated the start of the largest single-government construction project undertaken in the United States. A 1934 front -page story published ...
Water and power
Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, Wash. via Yahoo Sports· 6 months agoDec. 15—GRAND COULEE — The editors of Life magazine could not hide their suspicion that President Franklin D. Roosevelt had decided a trip to check on a project was an excellent excuse to get ...
Northwest tribes, feds dive into work on salmon revival in upper Columbia River
Washington State Standard via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThree Northwest tribes and federal agencies are getting closer to understanding how to revive...
25 Largest Dams In The World
Insider Monkey via Yahoo Finance· 9 months agoIn this article, we take a look at the 25 largest dams in the world. You can skip our detailed analysis of the hydropower industry and go directly to the...
Feds back tribal-led salmon campaign
Lewiston Tribune, Idaho via Yahoo News· 9 months agoSep. 22—The Biden administration committed the federal government to backing a decadeslong, tribal-led effort aimed at undoing the extinction of salmon and steelhead in the upper Columbia River ...
Amid Market Rout, Crypto Miners Are Still Building
CoinDesk via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoThroughout the summer, CoinDesk traveled to two U.S. states to visit bitcoin (BTC) mines to see how, even in the midst of a crypto winter, miners are...
EPA proposes adding Upper Columbia River to superfund list
The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. via Yahoo News· 3 months agoMar. 5—The Environmental Protection Agency wants to make a 150-mile section of the Columbia River from Grand Coulee Dam to the Canada border a superfund site. The federal agency announced Tuesday ...
‘Sweat and tears.’ Heartfelt memoir tells grit of ’50s farm pioneers of E. Washington
Tri-City Herald via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Lingscheit family had little money but an abundance of grit when they moved to the desert just...
Big government environmental policies are failing the planet. It’s time to think small | Opinion
Tri-City Herald McClatchy via AOL· 2 years agoUndermined by divisive politics and the failure to make progress of some of our most difficult...