State seeks bids on more probes for geothermal energy
The State of Washington’s Department of Natural Resources is seeking bidders for drilling exploratory geothermal boreholes in Skamania and Klickitat counties at up to five of six targeted sites that...
View ArticleSnoqualmie dam project OK was fair, appeals court says
Despite strong community opposition tied to related downstream flooding risks, Puget Sound Energy is now even more firmly in the clear to further widen the Snoqualmie River, lower a dam and keep...
View ArticleReport: Asia prime turf for American wood pellets
The Asian wood pellet market is growing, and the the United States and Canada are poised to be a prime source for it, according to a second-quarter 2012 report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s...
View ArticleGlobal vehicle penetration, sliced three different ways
Data visualizations derived from the World Bank’s World Development Indicators show that while North America far outpaces other major global regions in vehicles per 1,000 people, that gap compared to...
View ArticleFossil fuels will still dominate U.S. energy usage in 2040
In 2040 almost four-fifths of the energy the United States uses will be from the fossil fuels of oil, coal or natural gas. That’s just a bit less than last year but natural gas – seen by some as...
View ArticleCoal train EIS scoping hearing in Seattle Thurs. – speak out!
A public hearing will be held Thursday at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle to seek comment on how best to assess environmental impacts of a proposed freight train route to a terminal...
View ArticleState details $352,000 public fraud in Lake Forest Park
The former Office Administrator of a sleepy public water district in a Seattle bedroom suburb allegedly embezzled at least $352,641 from taxpayer coffers from mid-2004 to early 2011 through misuse of...
View ArticleSewer District swindled, suspect ex-worker had prior felonies
A new state auditor’s fraud investigation report says a former employee of the Valley View Sewer District serving Burien, Seatac and Tukwila actually embezzled more than double what the district,...
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