Power companies eye changes to billing for solar-energy homes

Does “net metering,” which allows users to transfer surplus power to the grid, overcompensate solar customers?

Nov 14, 2024
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8 minutes

What is ‘blue carbon’ and why is it so valuable?

The Pacific Northwest’s once-prevalent tidal forests are mostly gone. But what remains stores an important secret

Nov 7, 2024
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17 minutes

Amazon wants to power data centers in Pac NW with nuclear energy

The company is investing in small nuclear reactors to power big data generators in eastern Oregon

Nov 5, 2024
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5 minutes

Growing issue: As energy production increases so do chemical impacts to critical habitats

As the BPA seeks to expand its network of transmission lines, an Oregon salmon stream serves as an example of what can be done without herbicides

Oct 31, 2024
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8 minutes

Two endangered gray wolves killed in Washington. $10,000 reward offered

Locals wonder whether a male wolf killed in Klickitat County could mean the end of the Big Muddy Pack

Oct 30, 2024
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2 minutes

How a composting crusader is changing waste disposal in unexpected places

A retired marine biologist is tackling methane emissions where state laws don’t apply—rural areas

Oct 24, 2024
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8 minutes