Amazon to buy Oregon’s largest solar/storage project

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, Amazon has offered $83 million to buy solar energy and storage in Eastern Oregon to power its data centers, but a state council needs to sign off on the deal before it’s finalized. The Sunstone project sold to Amazon in the Pine Gate Renewables bankruptcy court auction in January,…

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Amazon to make $83M solar/storage buy in Oregon

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation A federal judge has rolled back the Trump administration’s plans for hydroelectric dams on the Columbia and Snake Rivers that he says would have greatly harmed salmon already struggling to survive. According to The Oregonian/OregonLive, U.S. District Judge Michael Simon sided with Oregon, Native American tribes, conservationists and anglers…

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