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Jun 3, 2021

Cheap power has lured massive cryptocurrency mining operations to Central Washington. At a crazy price

By |2022-11-15T19:14:21-08:00Jun 3 2021|Categories: Energy|Tags: , , , |4 Comments

Cryptocurrency requires an ever-increasing amount of electricity. For Mid-Columbia Region public utilities, unbridled growth of cryptomining likely isn't sustainable

Feb 10, 2022

Uneven load: How rural communities shoulder the energy burden of cities

By |2023-01-30T16:38:57-08:00Feb 10 2022|Categories: Energy|Tags: , , , , |6 Comments

Large-scale alternative energy installations aren’t the win-win for rural counties they’re made out to be

Dec 14, 2021

Test drilling OK’d for Oregon’s first proposed lithium mine

By |2022-11-15T18:52:42-08:00Dec 14 2021|Categories: Natural Resources, Resource Extraction|Tags: , , , |3 Comments

Federal push for domestic production of the precious metal could reopen a remote mining region

Nov 10, 2021

Amid drought, secrecy shrouds The Dalles’ $28.5 million water deal with Google

By |2023-05-15T14:06:43-07:00Nov 10 2021|Categories: News, Water|Tags: , , , , , |2 Comments

In lockstep with corporate orders, city councilors won't reveal the amount of water they've agreed to let the digital behemoth take from local watershed

Dec 12, 2019

Carbon Farming: Can agriculture help save us from climate change?

By |2019-12-12T09:30:59-08:00Dec 12 2019|Categories: Agriculture, Climate Change, Features|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |2 Comments

Intensive agricultural practices — especially plowing — have depleted soil carbon and released major amounts of methane and nitrous oxide, two potent greenhouse gases. But an existing approach known as regenerative agriculture helps to reverse the gradient...

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