Colstrip Power Plant appears to be the only coal-fired generator in the country without the common pollution controls needed to clear tougher Mercury Air Toxics Standards proposed by federal officials.
Trish Audette-Longo is an assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University. Previously, Trish reported, edited and managed digital engagement with Canada's National Observer, and she covered politics and the environment for The Edmonton Journal.
A subsidiary of Spokane-based Avista Corp. is piloting a high-speed broadband project in partnership with the City of Cheney and plans to expand to 6,500 customers throughout at least two communities in the Inland Northwest.
“We’ve got two of the largest reservoirs in the state of Washington, if not the whole Northwest, right here,” Fales said. “It’s the perfect setting for hydrogeneration.”