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Without the dams would salmon populations recover?

“Remove 4 dams, leave these fish alone, and they may be able to replenish themselves” Idaho Statesman reporter, Rocky Barker, continues his series on the question of how salmon and…

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Idaho: New financing option available for solar and energy efficiency

  The NW Energy Coalition is partnering with Puget Sound Cooperative Credit Union (PSCCU) to expand solar financing in the Northwest. Since 1934, PSCCU has been empowering members to do…

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NW Energy Coalition lauded for climate action

Elisheva Mittelman and Kevin Steinberger of the National Resources Defense Council are publishing a series of blog posts that describe how states and regions are rushing to fill the climate action…

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A decade under Initiative 937 yields new jobs, new industries, and affordable electricity

Good energy and environmental policy is also good economic policy.  That’s the message of a new video collection produced by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), Renewable Northwest, and the…

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Energy Efficiency leads the way in carbon emission reductions

In 2005, annual emissions of CO2 in the US reached an all-time high of just under six billion tons. By 2016, emissions had declined by 14% from that peak and…

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Rocky Barker: Snake River dams expendable?

An informed counterpoint to the flawed EarthFix “Dams or Salmon?” video Idaho Statesman reporter, Rocky Barker, a speaker at the NW Energy Coalition’s spring conference last April in Boise, has published…

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EarthFix/OPB video, “Dams or Salmon?”, never gives fish a chance

“Explainer” video doesn’t explain, it distorts. We love short, animated explainer videos. They entertainingly and quickly reduce complex issues to their simplest possible terms. The problem is they sometimes overshoot…

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BPA reduces Montana Intertie rate, but more action is needed

NW Energy Coalition welcomes BPA recognition of barriers to development of renewable energy in Montana SEATTLE, Washington — Yesterday the Bonneville Power Administration announced that its 2018-19 rates will include…

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Montana: New financing option available for solar and energy efficiency

Financing of solar and energy efficiency in Montana: Credit Union Partnership — The NW Energy Coalition is partnering with Puget Sound Cooperative Credit Union (PSCCU) to expand solar financing in the…

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New bill threatens salmon, would weaken Endangered Species Act

(Today, the NW Energy Coalition issued the following press release in conjunction with Save our Wild Salmon, the Sierra Club, and Earthjustice.) Northwest business and conservation leaders oppose legislation to…

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