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Idaho Green Expo coming to Boise in May
The Idaho Green Expo runs May 8-9 at the Boise Centre. The annual event features exhibitors, workshops, and activities throughout the weekend. Featured panel discussions this year include sessions on green jobs training and another on how those jobs are propelling Idaho’s new green energy economy.
For more information, visit www.idahogreenexpo.org
Idaho Public Utility Commission taking comments on rate adjustments and green tags
The Idaho PUC has opened public comment periods on a number of proposed rate changes by Idaho Power and a proposed plan to manage the “green tags” it can obtain from renewable energy projects from which it buys power…
Wash. State Legislature ends with no changes to Clean Energy Initiative
The 2010 legislative session has ended and although the legislature delivered mixed results for the environment overall, supporters of Clean Energy Initiative 937 were pleased that no changes were made to the law. Because of your help, we were able to protect the integrity and strength of Initiative 937 again this year…
Salmon fight back against pollution
Salmon’s got a problem with all the garbage and toxins people throw into his home so he has a simple solution to fight pollution. Check out People For Puget Sound and Visual Media Group’s Earth Day Everyday video for a good laugh.
BC Environmentalists criticize Site C dam proposal
CBC reports on a proposed dam project that local tribes and environmental groups say would destroy farmlands, displace wildlife and release unacceptable amounts of greenhouse gasses.
NW Energy Coalition member organizations Sierra Club of B.C. and the David Suzuki Foundation are featured in the article which you can find here.
Clearing Up column favors efficiency over nukes
Clearing Up, the Northwest energy industry’s must-read weekly publication, last week published an opinion column in which longtime contributor Jude Noland lists many problems likely to derail any “nuclear renaissance” — including the high costs, waste-disposal problems and safety issues.
How did Clean and Affordable Energy do this session in Washington State?
The 2010 legislative session has finally come to a close and it’s time to take inventory on how clean and affordable energy policies fared in Olympia. Read on to see where we stand…
Keeping our information nicely chilled: Green datacenters on the rise
Tech Blog Ars Technica has an extensive article about how energy efficient technologies, both old and new, are helping to reduce the energy consumption of the datacenters powering the modern world.
Seattle Times Editorial Board: Water over the dam works for salmon
A recent Seattle Times Editorial urges the Obama administration to listen to fisheries scientists and biologists who want to keep spilling water over dams in the Columbia and Snake river basins to aid salmon migration.
Sixth Northwest Power and Conservation Plan, Part II
The Transformer: A cheaper bright future
The region’s new power and conservation plan closely tracks NW Energy Coalition’s Bright Future analysis and provides an even lower consumer cost estimate for achieving our clean energy vision…