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New electricity project in WA takes a twist on hydropower
An effort to generate energy along the Columbia through a concept called 'pumped storage' has drawn pushback from tribes and environmental groups.
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In Vancouver’s quest to be the ‘greenest city,’ a cautionary tale
Ten years after its leaders embarked on this effort, the Canadian city still has a long way to go.
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How the West’s divided electric grid slows green growth
A hodgepodge of utilities run the West’s electrical grid. Will billions in federal funding help them get along?
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Washington tribe calls on Seattle City Light to remove the Gorge Dam
To help salmon and free a culturally important stretch of the Skagit River, the Upper Skagit tribe demands that Seattle tear down the dam.
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Skagit dams in crosshairs of renewed push to save salmon, orcas
With Seattle’s power supply in the balance, tribes and activists are demanding changes to how Seattle City Light’s dams are run.