Energy

As Americans stayed home during the pandemic, cars and planes produced less heat-trapping emissions. But the effect is only temporary.

The Department of Energy is awarding nearly $77 million in incentive pay to four contractors for their work at the Hanford nuclear reservation in fiscal 2020.

Fifteen states are challenging the decision, arguing that the risk of explosion puts lives in danger. For one project, highly flammable gas will travel 200 miles through a busy East Coast corridor.

Pacific Power customers in Oregon will see lower rates on their electric bills next month in part because of the utility’s shift away from coal-fired power.

A judge on Monday voided permits needed for a massive methanol plant on the Columbia River in southwestern Washington, agreeing with conservation groups that the project needs a more thorough environmental review.

The U.S. for the first time has approved a design for a small commercial nuclear reactor

Northwest conservation and anti-pollution organizations say the Trump administration’s changes to a bedrock environmental law from the Nixon era will have major impacts in the region.

A Cessna commuter plane retrofitted in Washington has taken the crown of the biggest all-electric airplane now flying.

Project managers hope to begin construction on the PacWave testing facility later this year.

A federal commission gave its conditional approval Thursday to Southwest Oregon’s controversial Jordan Cove energy project.