Northwest clean-energy advocates eye pumped hydro to fill gaps, with tribes noting concerns

Many states – including Oregon and Washington – have set renewable energy goals. But, there’s a problem. The wind isn’t always blowing and the sun isn’t always shining. Advocates say pumped hydro could solve those…

Portland — Oregon and Washington regulators are taking steps to address high water temperatures in the Columbia and Snake rivers that impact migrating salmon and steelhead.

The Columbia is the great river of West, winding from the north to meet its largest tributary, the Snake in Eastern Washington, then dividing the states of Oregon and Washington on its push to the…

The Environmental Protection Agency issued a report Tuesday detailing summertime water temperature problems on the lower Snake and Columbia rivers and assigning significant responsibility to federal dams. Read the full article: EPA Report: Dams Play…

In an historic action last week, the state Department of Ecology required federal operators of 8 dams on in the Columbia-Snake rivers to write a plan to keep the waters cold enough. Read the full…

The ‘to breach or not to breach’ conversation continued in Kennewick on Monday as community leaders gathered in support of the Snake River dams. Read the full article: Community Leaders Gather in Show of Support…

The Snake River dams in Washington would stay in place under the federal government’s preferred plan for the Columbia River System. On Friday federal agencies released a draft plan. BPA Snake Dams Fact Sheet 2016…

The study said breaching the dams would be best for salmon, but would bring enormous costs and increased greenhouse gas emissions. Learn about Salmon Recovery vsit our Hydropower Essentials page. Read the full article: Snake…

A long-awaited federal report out Friday rejected the idea of removing four hydroelectric dams on a major Pacific Northwest river in a last-ditch effort to save threatened and endangered salmon. Read the full article: Feds…

The futures of hydropower, salmon, and orcas in the Pacific Northwest are at stake in the first assessment in 20 years of the environmental effects of dams on the Columbia and Snake Rivers. Read the…