NW energy efficiency better in 2008
PORTLAND (AP) Improved energy efficiency reduced power demand by an amount equal to about 148,000 homes across the Northwest last year. The Northwest Power and Conservation Council said regional energy savings in 2008 were the best for any year sin...
0.9K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 1000.0

Salmon group makes sense
In a struggle among fishermen over scarce salmon, cooperation among lower Columbia River county commissioners is timely. This summer s awesome returns of Chinook, coho and steelhead have temporarily alleviated some of the gruff feelings among commerc...
1.9K - Sep. 4, 2009; scored 577.0

Ground zero in timber wars shows signs of peace
TAKILMA - On a steep slope of the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, a crew of young men with chainsaws and hardhats worked their way through an old neglected clearcut, cutting brush and young trees and piling the remains to be burned later. Fresh...
8.6K - Jun. 22, 2009; scored 748.0

Washington Legislature debates clean energy initiative changes
SEATTLE - Two years after Washington voters compelled utilities to use cleaner energy, Initiative 937 backers say a measure in the state Legislature would gut that law. The House Committee on Technology, Energy and Communications today plans to cons...
4.2K - Mar. 25, 2009; scored 1000.0

Oregon energy council to hold first meeting
PORTLAND (AP) The Oregon Energy Planning Council is holding its first meeting this week at Portland State University. The council was established by Gov. Ted Kulongoski to study Oregon s future energy needs. At the meeting on Thursday, the council ...
0.9K - Feb. 9, 2009; scored 711.0

Columbia treaty may affect future of hydropower in the Northwest
PORTLAND (AP) Future power production in the Northwest may depend partly on whether Canada and the United States agree to extend the Columbia River Treaty. The 1964 treaty with Canada authorized construction of three large dams in British Columbia ...
0.9K - Dec. 22, 2008; scored 748.0

Power council studies plug-in hybrids
PORTLAND (AP) The Northwest Power and Conservation Council says that plug-in hybrid electric vehicles could help make the nation s electric power system more efficient in addition to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The Portland-based regional co...
0.7K - Nov. 24, 2008; scored 755.0