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Join us for panels and speakers addressing smart grid deployment, distributed and centralized renewable energy, opportunities for major energy efficiency savings and shutting down Northwest coal plants.
The Energy Activist – Summer 2010
The new Energy Activist Online helps Coalition members and allies keep track of often complex energy and salmon issues. We explore key issues affecting the Northwest’s energy future. Check it out!
Washington State Sen. Kilmer honored for Efficiency First advocacy
Senator Derek Kilmer (D-Gig Harbor) has been honored by the NW Energy Coalition for his legislative advocacy of energy efficiency.
on the go:
Seattle City Lights new video contest targets “Energy Vampires”
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
Halloween is just around the corner and Seattle City Light is holding a “Slay Your Energy Vampires” video contest to celebrate…
Isolated green buildings won’t save the planet
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010From CNN: Architect Joshua Prince Ramus talks about how new buildings should be energy efficient but that alone won’t save environment.
Read the full opinion piece here.
US energy use is dropping and shifting to renewables
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
A new report shows that the US energy economy has shifted away from coal over the last year at a pace faster than the declining economy would predict.
The Transformer – August 18, 2010
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010How green is my electron? Overcoming the smart grid’s color blindness
Energy journals and, increasingly, the popular media now teem with updates and predictions on developing “smart grid” technologies … how they will help smooth power demand, greatly improve efficiency and outage/service response, and reward consumers with lower bills.
This issue of The Transformer tackles the question of why the smart grid isn’t necessarily a green grid and, in fact, could actually foster greater demand for power from coal-fueled or nuclear baseload plants. It also presents one proposed means of dealing with the problem: buying green electrons…
Editorial: Columbia River salmon: The fishermen’s plan is starting to work
Monday, August 16th, 2010
Bob Rees of the Northwest Guides and Anglers Association has an editorial in The Oregonian today on how changes to the dam system recommended by scientists and fishermen are bringing back wild salmon. But we still have farther to go.
