A decade-long research study in which a variety of sea animals were tagged and tracked beneath the Pacific ocean has unveiled fresh insight into a world that has remained largely hidden and unknown.The Washington Post's story and The New York
According to NOAA's Northwest River Forecast Center's official June forecast, the April to August runoff at the Dalles Dam is now 126 MAF, or 135 percent of the 30-year (1971-2001) average. That's a lot of water set to flow through
Most of us have heard of the smart grid and have some sort of hazy understanding of it as moving the power grid into the digital age. Technologies that automatically communicate usage data to power providers make it possible to
A recent consumer survey by EcoAlign, a strategic marketing agency in the energy sector, found that two-thirds of Americans feel that phasing out traditional incandescent light bulbs and replacing them with energy-efficient lights is a good idea. A majority of
The Council's Executive Director Steve Crow responds to an Oregonian op ed: In his March 20 commentary in The Oregonian, Steven Hawley gets his facts wrong about the Northwest Power and Conservation Council's Sixth Northwest Power Plan. Hawley
The Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation unveiled the first-of-its-kind boat wash decontamination system in a recent demonstration at the Boise, Idaho office of the Bureau of Reclamation. The tribes purchased the system to protect their waters from
In the upcoming Council Quarterly, we interview Stephen R. Oliver, vice president of generation asset management for the Bonneville Power Administration and the co-coordinator of the U.S. Entity for implementing the Columbia River Treaty. Work is underway to update this
The idea that all parts of life are interconnected is an ancient motif found in mythology, religion, art, and science. It’s also a concept central to a recent report on the importance of food webs to the health of the
The rebound effect refers to the fact that as energy efficiency increases, products that consume energy become less expensive to operate, which in turn causes even more energy to be used. This is a topic that's received lots of attention
Following up on an earlier post, Brian Marotz, of Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks has been working with Dr. Jack Stanford at the University of Montana Biological Station and other didymo experts to better understand this diatom that's growing below
