Brandon Block
@brandonblock.bsky.social
Investigative reporter at Cascade PBS in Seattle writing about Washington state government, housing, social policy, energy & more. Email me at brandon.block@cascadepbs.org
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ep 3 is about central WA farmers, uneasy players in the big business of solar energy development. As they reckon with a changing economic landscape, some don’t like what they see. www.cascadepbs.org/podcast/nort... (4/4)
It’s Not Easy Going Green: Episode 3
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.
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March 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM
ep 3 is about central WA farmers, uneasy players in the big business of solar energy development. As they reckon with a changing economic landscape, some don’t like what they see. www.cascadepbs.org/podcast/nort... (4/4)
ep two explores EFSEC, a tiny, obscure state agency with the power to steamroll local opposition in the name of clean power. We unpack its many critics and would-be reformers. (3/4) www.cascadepbs.org/podcast/nort...
It’s Not Easy Going Green: Episode 2
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.
www.cascadepbs.org
March 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
ep two explores EFSEC, a tiny, obscure state agency with the power to steamroll local opposition in the name of clean power. We unpack its many critics and would-be reformers. (3/4) www.cascadepbs.org/podcast/nort...
ep one takes us to the Horse Heaven Hills – where a diverse coalition of farmers, tribes, homeowners and conservationists are fighting a proposal to site hundreds of Space Needle-sized wind turbines. (2/4) www.cascadepbs.org/podcast/nort...
It’s Not Easy Going Green: Episode 1
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.
www.cascadepbs.org
March 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
ep one takes us to the Horse Heaven Hills – where a diverse coalition of farmers, tribes, homeowners and conservationists are fighting a proposal to site hundreds of Space Needle-sized wind turbines. (2/4) www.cascadepbs.org/podcast/nort...