Winning bid will likely be selected the week of June 4. Overall, WA faces challenges in attaining geothermal resources, but data is growing.

The Herald reports, " The fight is intensifying over the possibility that a mini-dam for hydropower could be built on the Skykomish River."  

The Seattle Times reports, "Regular self-serve gasoline in Washington was selling Monday for an average $4.20 — more than 47 cents higher than the national average, according to the AAA auto club. That gap has more than doubled in the past month." 

The gubernatorial candidate claims $7 billion in new investments flowing from an initiative he backed requiring utilities to have more renewable energy. Well, sorta.

The Atlantic reports, "Annual federal clean tech spending is already down $10 billion between 2009 and 2011, as the Recovery Act has wound down. Now it's on pace to fall by more than 50% year-over-year in 2012, and decline yet again in 2013, and again in 2014. " 

Roberts writes, "This is a case where local activist fights against fossil-fuel projects matter not just for the politics of climate change, but for climate change itself."