Posts by Alicia Healey
The Energy Activist – Fall 2010
Laying it on the lines: Reducing clean energy’s environmental footprint
Read MoreCover Story: Laying it on the Lines
Large “central-station” renewable energy projects probably will be needed to replace coal plants and meet climate-protection goals. But some of the best potential sites for wind, solar and other renewable projects are far from the urban centers that need most of the power. Often, these remote sites have little or no access to existing transmission lines…
Read MoreMember Updates Fall 2010
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Read MoreIdaho: Biomass and wind projects move forward
The Idaho Public Utilities Commision has greenlit a biomass project that will take sawmill waste and is currently looking at a proposal for an 80MW wind farm.
Read MoreOregon: Coalition member groups work to close Boardman coal plant
Across the Northwest, plans are afoot to close down coal plants and transition workers and the energy economy towards a greener future. In Oregon, negotiations continue on the shutdown of the Boardman plant.
Read MoreWashington: Public advocates seek to end corporation’s coal plant pollution
Across the Northwest, plans are afoot to close down coal plants and transition workers and the energy economy towards a greener future. In Washington, Coalition members, partners and other activists are working to transition the Transalta plant in Centrailia by 2015.
Read MoreFrom the Director: Two days make the Coalition stronger, wiser and better prepared
When we’re all calculating our carbon footprints and fretting over budgets, why is it important for us to come to Portland Nov. 12-13 for the Coalition’s NW Clean & Affordable Energy Conference and membership meeting? Short answer: these two days make the Coalition stronger, wiser and better prepared to deliver the clean and affordable energy future we all work for.
Read MoreNew project spotlights Snake River salmon’s "one of a kind" status
Coalition partner Save Our Wild Salmon has begun the “One of a Kind” project to reveal the astonishing story of endangered Snake River salmon and the race to save them.
Read MoreMontana: NorthWestern rate case features decoupling, inverted block rates
Coalition member groups are butting heads with the state Consumer Counsel and others over rate cases and the viability of new wind development.
Read MoreThe Oregonian: Charting Oregon's energy future beyond coal
Closing a coal plant is a big deal. Closing a large, modern coal plant like the one at Boardman is areally big deal. It hasn’t happened before in the Northwest — or arguably anywhere else in the United States. But today Oregon is close to an agreement to end coal burning at Boardman by no…
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