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OPB’s First Look: Speeding up renewable energy growth in Washington
3+ hour, 16+ min ago (541+ words) Reporting by OPB and ProPublica showed how Washington state ranked dead last in bringing renewable energy projects online. OPB's Tony Schick and Monica Samayoa lead off this morning's newsletter with how the state is trying to speed things up. Also…...
$126M incentive program for zero-emission trucks nears launch in Washington
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1142+ words) Daimler's Freightliner Cascadia big rig. Courtesy of Daimler North America Washington is close to opening a new incentive program for commercial fleet operators to transition trucks and other vehicles to models that run on electric or hydrogen power. Industry groups…...
Oregon launches rebate program to help businesses pay for electric fleet vehicles
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (508+ words) Medium and heavy-duty truck owners in Oregon looking to go electric can now apply for a state rebate to help lower those costs. City of Roses Disposal & Recycling and Portland General Electric unveiled Oregon's first electric garbage truck on Thursday…...
Ranchers in southeast Oregon helped keep sage grouse off the endangered list. Now, lithium mining could pose a new threat
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1762+ words) Biologist Jack Hansen started up an ATV and drove through a dark sea of sagebrush just before dawn on a snowy morning in early April. This is what he does every spring morning to monitor about a dozen sage grouse…...
OPBâs First Look: Sage grouse, lithium pose âenvironmental paradoxâ in southeast Oregon between conservation and clean energy
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (554+ words) A mining company hopes to begin exploratory drilling for lithium in the heart of southeastern Oregon, a high desert habitat home to sage grouse. This morning, OPB's science and environment journalist Cassandra Profit reports on the role lithium plays in…...
Lithium mining exploration project in Southeast Oregon gets federal approval
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1335+ words) A sagebrush sea straddles the Oregon-Nevada state line in the McDermitt Caldera, where mining companies are looking to drill for lithium, a metal that is among the critical minerals needed to make batteries. The Bureau of Land Management on Monday…...
Waymo will recall software after its self-driving cars passed stopped school buses
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (448+ words) A Waymo autonomous Jaguar electric vehicle is seen in Tempe, Ariz., on the outskirts of Phoenix, on Sept. 15. The company is recalling software for its robotaxis after reports that some of them failed to stop for school buses. Charly Triballeau…...
Oregonians have 5 weeks to secure expiring federal home energy tax credits
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (710+ words) Courtesy of the Oregon Department of Oregonians have just more than a month to take advantage of federal tax credits meant to reduce by thousands of dollars the costs of buying and installing new energy efficient heating and cooling pumps,…...
Oregon to pause electric vehicle rebates aimed for lower income households next month
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (870+ words) FILE - A 2023 Ford Mustang Mach-E charges, March 8, 2024, at an electric vehicle charging station in London, Ohio. Joshua A. Bickel / AP Qualified Oregonians looking to buy a new or used electric vehicle have until next month to take advantage of state rebates…...
Renewable energy outpaces coal for electricity generation in historic first, report says
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (714+ words) In our final film from the "Class of 2025" project, follow the education journeys of one group of Oregon students from kindergarten to young adulthood, and uncover lessons for how Oregon can improve its education system for future generations. Wind turbines…...