Maleeha Syed

2 months ago | cascadepbs.org | Sara Bernard |Maleeha Syed

An obscure state agency, the Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council, has the power to quash local dissent over clean power. It’s not very popular. , / Wind turbines, part of the Nine Canyon Wind Project located southeast of Kennewick, as seen from Horse Heaven Hills on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (Emree Weaver for Cascade PBS) What is the Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council, or EFSEC, anyway?

2 months ago | cascadepbs.org | Sara Bernard |Maleeha Syed

WA’s sunny, rural center has attracted big solar energy investment. As farmers reckon with a changing economic landscape, some don’t like what they see. , / Dave Robert, left, and his brother Robin at their family’s longtime ranch, named Robert 5+1, on the edge of Benton County in Sunnyside on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. The ranch, where they run cattle and sheep as well as farm wheat and alfalfa, has been in the family for over 100 years.

2 months ago | cascadepbs.org | Sara Bernard |Maleeha Syed

A proposal for Space Needle-sized wind turbines near the Tri-Cities could be the opening salvo in Washington’s future green energy land battles. , / Paul Krupin of Tri-Cities C.A.R.E.S. looks at a map on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, near Travis Road where wind turbines would be built as part of the Horse Heaven Hills wind and solar project near the Tri-Cities.

Dec 11, 2024 | cascadepbs.org | Sara Bernard |Maleeha Syed

In the second episode of “The Elephant in the Room” – a three-part series exploring the state of Washington’s Republican party – Northwest Reports spent election night at a GOP watch party in Bellevue. As results rolled in, attendees shared their thoughts on what draws them to the Republican Party; their perspectives on the chaos that unfolded at the 2024 Washington GOP convention in Spokane; and, of course, their feelings about Donald Trump.

Dec 4, 2024 | cascadepbs.org | Sara Bernard |Maleeha Syed

In November, the country voted to reelect Donald Trump to the nation’s highest office; Republicans gained control of Congress; and most states experienced significant swings to the right. Washington also saw a slight rightward shift, but it wasn’t by much, and Democrats won all the statewide races.     Subscribe to Northwest Reports on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Podbean.