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The Tri-Cities chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute is reviving its public lecture series with a free program Nov. 4 p.m.
The Columbian

Feds put review of Columbia River hydropower system on ice

A move by federal water managers to pause a landmark environmental review of the Columbia River hydropower system has become a Rorschach test that leaves utilities, salmon advocates, commercial ...
Capital Press

Agencies cancel re-do of Columbia River system environmental impact statement

The Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation are withdrawing from their plan to prepare a supplemental environmental impact statement for ...
The White House

Stopping Radical Environmentalism to Generate Power for the Columbia River Basin

It is essential to protect Americans’ ability to take full advantage of our vast natural resources to ensure human flourishing across our country. My Administration is committed to protecting the ...
Tri-City Herald

Eastern WA nuclear plant fined for spilling gallons of oil into the Columbia River

Energy Northwest has been fined $4,000 after a spill of lubricating oil that polluted the Columbia River at its nuclear power plant north of Richland. The oil spilled on June 13, 2023, and the ...