Quantcast
Channel: Social Capital Review » Utilities
Browsing latest articles
Browse All 8 View Live

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

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 Article



Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Snoqualmie 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 Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Report: 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 Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Global 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 Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Fossil 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 Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Coal 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 Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

State 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 Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Sewer 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,...

View Article

Browsing latest articles
Browse All 8 View Live




Latest Images