Dac Collins

Dac Collins

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Feb 21, 2019

Congress authorizes Initial Development Phase of the Yakima Basin Integrated Plan

2019-02-27T14:30:15-08:00Feb 21 2019|Categories: Natural Resources, News, Water|Tags: , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Recognizing the need for drought relief, climate adaptation and ecosystem restoration within the Yakima Basin, the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate are working together to move the Yakima Basin Integrated Plan forward...

Jan 24, 2019

The H.W. Hill Renewable Gas Project: Using the mountains of things we throw away

2019-10-19T14:04:12-07:00Jan 24 2019|Categories: Energy, Features, Waste Management|Tags: , , , , , , |2 Comments

Permitted to accept 120 million tons of garbage over its 40-year lifespan, the Roosevelt Regional Landfill represents one of the biggest piles of garbage that most people have never heard of. But the Klickitat Public Utility District has found a way to turn the waste associated with garbage into a viable fuel source...

Jan 24, 2019

Oregon and Washington reject federal government’s proposal to reclassify radioactive waste at Hanford

2019-02-27T14:31:22-08:00Jan 24 2019|Categories: Energy, News, Waste Management|Tags: , , , , , , |2 Comments

Last year, the U.S. Dept. of Energy announced a proposal to reclassify some of the high-level radioactive waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation as lower-level waste...

Jan 4, 2019

The Dalles Dam: A (leaky) year in review

2019-02-27T14:31:50-08:00Jan 4 2019|Categories: Energy, News, Renewable Energy|Tags: , , , , , , , |0 Comments

On Dec. 20 of last year, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers initiated spill prevention protocol at the Dalles Dam after 192 gallons of hydraulic oil were released from one of the dam’s turbines into the Columbia River...

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