Maleeha Syed

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

Our series It's Not Easy Going Green focused on the struggles around the creation of new green energy projects. But it turns out that even if Oregon and Washington built all the wind and solar farms anyone could want, there’s just not enough grid capacity in the Northwest to deliver that energy to people’s homes. Subscribe to Northwest Reports on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or Podbean. That’s according to a new investigation from Oregon Public Broadcasting and ProPublica.

Mar 26, 2025 | 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?

Mar 26, 2025 | 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.

Mar 26, 2025 | 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.