While Congress dithers on climate change legislation, a new report says we’re actually in pretty good shape for the upcoming global warming talks in Copenhagen. The reason? The report says several states are showing strong leadership on global warming and that’s giving the U.S. a head start on reducing carbon emissions.
Although the report is...
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With possibly two new high voltage power lines coming to NW Oregon and SW Washington, here’s a reminder that we’re not the only ones dealing with these issues.
For more than a year, Idaho Power has been trying to find a route for a 500 kilovolt transmission line from Boardman, Ore. to Hemingway, Idaho. That’s...
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A reminder from the Oregonian that PGE is holding a open house tomorrow about a proposal to build a new 500 kilovolt power line from Boardman to Salem. Actually, they’ve been holding these open houses for the past couple of weeks, but this one is in Portland.
Power lines are always controversial because of the...
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Meet Steve Wick. He’s a Yamhill County hazelnut farmer who’s so old-school he still calls them filberts. He’s an anti-LNG activist, self described “big mouth”, and if all goes according to plan, a soon to be viral video sensation
Wick stars in a new YouTube video (see below) that’s trying to get people’s attention about...
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Three more pieces of the environmental agenda received final passage today and are on their way to Governor Kulongoski. Not a bad day considering the four victories racked up over the weekend. Meanwhile, enviros took a big loss on a renewable energy bill.
So as we used to say in televsion, let’s go right to...
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Faced with strong opposition to climate change bills in Salem, a coalition of groups is trying to re-energize support with big rally tonight.
PGE and Pacific Power are fighting Senate Bill 80, which would reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Oregon. The Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee wrapped up two days of hearings this week. ...
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Portland General Electric says it’s the #1 utility in the country for how much renewable energy it sells to residential customers.
PGE says it sold almost 530 million kilowatt hours of renewable power to residential customers in 2008, an 18% increase over 2007. According to Department of Energy statistics, that’s more than any other...
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Depending on who you believe….
If Oregon moves ahead with greenhouse gas reductions, it will cement our role as a leader on green issues, grow our renewable energy businesses and create jobs, and helps Oregonians save money because we’ll learn to conserve energy.
Or… moving ahead before the rest of the country is risky, raising the...
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There will be no action on Senate Bill 80 today. Chairman Dingfelder says the hearing will be held over until next week. Meanwhile today’s testimony is wrapping up.
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We’re watching today’s hearing on Senate Bill 80, legislation that will put Oregon on a path to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the state.
The bill tells agencies and industry to develop plans that will meet goals of reducing emissions at least 10% below 1990 levels by the year 2020, and at least 75% below...
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