Climate Action Alliance of the Valley weekly climate, energy news roundup: April 17
Published Saturday, Apr. 17, 2021, 9:34 pm
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The Weekly Roundup of Climate and Energy News for the week ending April 17 follows. Please forward the Roundup to anyone you think might be interested. For an archive of prior posts, visit the CAAV website.
Politics and Policy
Biden proposed $14Bn for initiatives to fight climate change in his 2022 budget. 300+ businesses and investors called on his administration to cut US greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% below 2005 levels by 2030. A new series of briefs by RMI provides insights into how to get there. An international energy company executives’ panel said the move to renewable energy is unstoppable, although investments in nuclear power, ca
It Was an Old Apple Orchard. Now It Could Be the Future of Clean Hydrogen Energy in Washington State
Billions of dollars are being invested globally in clean hydrogen development. But massive amounts of electricity would be required to make the clean-burning fuel, extracted from water, a building block of the 21st century low-carbon economy.
By James Bruggers, Inside Climate News, and Hal Bernton, Seattle Times
April 15, 2021
Wells Dam, owned by the Douglas County Public Utility District, will supply electricity to pull hydrogen gas out of well water. A fish hatchery has been built in the last two years alongside the dam. Credit: Steve Ringman/The Seattle Times
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Sheila Corson Feb 26, 2021
As Okanogan County PUD continues its plan for critical infrastructure upgrades, the board has approved a 3.25% overall revenue increase effective April 1.
The PUD had originally planned a 2% increase in 2020, but due to COVID-19 issues, cancelled that increase. Since then, the PUD has suffered damage from both the Palmer and Cold Springs Wildfire, and has borrowed $40 million to cover several critical infrastructure projects and refinance debt.
Current projects include replacing the fire-damaged wooden Okanogan-Brewster transmission line with a new steel line for about $13 million. Although FEMA funding was recently approved, it will not cover the total amount of the project with the upgrades. The PUD also plans to rebuild the Tonasket substation for just over $4 million, which needs additional capacity in order to improve reliability. Several substations are also in need of new and/or upgraded power transformers, which will cost the PUD abo
Washington state offers a new blueprint for how Cascadia can kick the fossil-fuel habit.
Peter Fairley is an award-winning journalist based in Victoria and San Francisco, whose writing has appeared in Scientific American, NewScientist, Hakai Magazine, Technology Review, the Atlantic, Nature and elsewhere. SHARES Climate activist Eileen Quigley is feeling hope after seeing her state of Washington set a bold new path toward renewable energy. She worked with modellers to inform the plan.
Photo by Dan DeLong via InvestigateWest. [Editor’s note: This is part of a year-long occasional series of articles produced by InvestigateWest in partnership with The Tyee and other news organizations on shifting the Cascadia region to a zero-carbon economy.]