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A Factory Wants To Reopen Making ‘Green’ Aluminum. Now It Just Needs Clean Energy.
The struggle to re-open the Alcoa Intalco aluminum smelter shows the difficulties of creating green manufacturing jobs at home. Read the full article: A Factory Wants To Reopen Making ‘Green’ Aluminum. Now It Just Needs Clean Energy.
Efforts To Breach Dams, Limit Natural Gas Will Hurt Energy Consumers
As anyone who has recently bought gasoline knows, prices at the pump have hit record highs. The spike has been a major driver in the historic inflation American consumers are being forced to endure. Thanks to 2 abundant, inexpensive energy…
Breaching Snake Dams Would More Than Double NW Region’s Risk of Power Shortages
Last fall, Sen. Patty Murray and Gov. Jay Inslee announced they would lead a regional process to consider “all options” to restore declining salmon and steelhead runs in the Columbia River. Read the full article: Breaching Snake Dams Would More…
Public Power/Farmers Roll Out Campaign To Protect Clean Energy, Fight Climate Change
Television ads up this week advocate for “Safe. Clean. Affordable.” hydropower to help meet the region’s GHG responsibilities and protect farmland Portland, OR — May 3, 2022—This week Northwest RiverPartners, representing not-for-profit, community-owned electric utilities throughout the Northwest, launched an…
Aluminum Fight Proves Hydropower Is Green in Multiple Ways
Snake River dam opponents claim that hydropower dams are no longer economic, and they can be easily replaced by wind or solar power plus batteries with little or no cost impact to customers… Read the full article: Aluminum Fight Proves…
Northwest RiverPartners Urges President Biden To Prioritize Hydropower, Lower Snake River Dams in Effort To Keep Utility Costs & Greenhouse Gases Low
Key Quote: It is critical that President Biden recognize the value of hydropower, and specifically the Lower Snake River dams, to his agenda. Hydropower is clean, reliable, and affordable. Half of the Northwest’s electricity and 90% of its renewable energy…
Biden Admin Reaffirms Commitment to Tribal Treaty Rights, Snake and Columbia River Salmon Recovery
The Biden administration reiterated Monday its determination to change course on the decades-long, $17 billion effort to recover wild salmon in the Snake and Columbia rivers and to uphold. Read the full article: Biden Admin Reaffirms Commitment to Tribal Treaty…
To Recover Salmon Populations, We Need To Think Bigger
Kurt Miller of Northwest RiverPartners on why blame for dwindling populations may be misplaced… Read the full article: To Recover Salmon Populations, We Need To Think Bigger
Removing Dams Will Hurt the Most Vulnerable Among Us
In my role as a clean energy and community advocate, I frequently travel across the Northwest. In my meetings with electric utility managers, they often want to discuss the importance of reliable and affordable energy for their disadvantaged customers. Read…
WA Restaurants Are Worried About Salmon. But Is Breaching Snake River Dams the Solution?
The latest debate on tearing out the lower Snake River Dams has landed on the fine dining tables across the state of Washington. Read the full article: WA Restaurants Are Worried About Salmon. But Is Breaching Snake River Dams the…