Posts by Alicia Healey
Mike Weedall, BPA efficiency staff receive prestigious clean energy award
Recently retired Bonneville Power Administration Vice President of Energy Efficiency Mike Weedall and BPA’s entire energy efficiency staff have been honored for their leadership in advancing the region’s clean and affordable energy future. The NW Energy Coalition bestowed its highest annual award, Bob Olsen Conservation Eagle, to Weedall and BPA’s energy efficiency staff during a brief ceremony Wednesday at BPA’s Portland headquarters.
Read MoreFrom the Flathead Beacon: Panel Discusses Importance and Challenges of Energy Efficiency
The NW Energy Coalition, a clean energy policy advocacy association, held its semiannual conference on May 18 at the Red Lion Hotel. The “NW Clean and Affordable Energy Conference” featured three panels: clean and affordable energy in the Flathead Valley, renewable energy standards in the Northwest and the future of coal mining and export in the West. Bill Drummond of the Bonneville Power Administration was the keynote speaker…
Read MoreNew Clothes Washer and Dishwasher Standards Will Save Consumers Loads of Money, Protect the Environment
Energy and water efficiency standards released today by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will deliver clothes washers that use as much as 35 percent less energy and water and dishwashers that use about 14 percent less energy and 23 percent less water.
That means lower utility bills for consumers and big environmental benefits for us all – without sacrificing any of the cleaning performance consumers count on, according to a coalition of consumer, energy and environmental groups.
Read MoreA light bulb revolution: CFLs and LEDs replace incandescent bulbs
We are witnessing a revolution. Not the political revolution creeping across the Arab world. Not the information revolution playing out in Silicon Valley. A light bulb revolution. As we move away from standard incandescents, however, it’s not entirely clear what we’re moving toward. Several designs — including CFLs and LEDs — meet the federal standards. So which of these is best for the environment?
Read the full article online at The Washington Post
Read MoreCoalition comments on BPA's Capital Investment Review process
The NW Energy Coalition writes to submit our comments on BPA’s draft asset strategies and potential investments in Federal Columbia River power and transmission assets. We first offer some general comments and then specifically focus attention on the investment levels outlined in the Asset Management Strategy for Energy Efficiency.
Read MoreGiveBIG for Clean and Affordable Energy Solutions on May 2!
Please join us on Wednesday to build solutions for a clean and affordable energy future. Make a gift to the NW Energy Coalition this Wednesday, May 2nd and the Coalition will receive additional matching funds through the Seattle Foundation to support clean and affordable energy. All supporters of a clean and affordable energy future in any state are welcome to participate.
Help bring together diverse voices and unparalleled policy expertise to build clean and affordable energy solutions.
GiveBIG this Wednesday, May 2!
Read MoreFrom the Spokesman-Review: Clean energy best for state
Renewable energy resources are an important part of Washington’s past, and are demonstrating new benefits that can positively shape our future economy, communities and environment.
Taxpayers deserve the truth about energy sources and policies that shape how they are used. All energy resources used in the United States are the result of policy, so as we continue to invest in energy and optimize efficiency, we must determine which resources deliver the greatest benefits.
Read the full article at The Spokesman-Review
Read MoreJudge Redden Endorses Lower Snake Dam Removal
Today Earthfix news released video footage of Judge James Redden endorsing increased spill for salmon as well as lower Snake River Dam removal to save wild salmon. The Judge, who resigned from the long running salmon case last November after a decade, presided over the case longer than any other federal judge and is intricately familiar with both the law and the science around Snake River salmon restoration. His remarks today are his strongest statement on NW salmon policy to date.
Read MoreThe Energy Activist – Spring 2012
The founders of the NW Energy Coalition recognized a painful truth: that the bountiful cheap electricity produced by the Northwest’s system of federally financed hydropower dams came at the cost of the incredible wild salmon runs that once defined our watershed and supported myriad cultures and communities. So they made sure the 1980 Northwest Power and Conservation Act required equitable use of Columbia Basin waters for power and fish.
Since then, this Coalition and our partners have had to fight tooth and nail to realize even minimal progress on that mandate. To this day, the federal agencies that run the dams and market their power have failed to offer any legally valid or scientifically defensible plan for recovering the iconic and economically crucial salmon stocks.
The Spring 2012 edition of The Energy Activist looks at the exciting potential to escape that quicksand…
Read MoreFrom the Outreach Director: Enjoy clean air and clean energy discussion this May in Kalispell
Recently I had occasion to spout off on the fallacy of the conventional energy wisdom from 30 plus years ago … the very conventional wisdom that the Coalition was born to challenge…
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