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by David Van't Hof on August 10, 2017In another step toward a 100% clean energy future in the Northwest, the Oregon Public Utility Commission rejected Portland General Electric’s proposal for new fracked gas plants. Read more
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by Devon Downeysmith on August 8, 2017When willl big oil begin its last breath? The good, the bad and the downright ugly in climate and clean energy in this week's ClimateCast. Read more
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by Joëlle Robinson on August 3, 2017Fossil fuel gas is not really a "bridge fuel" that takes us where we need to go. Read more -
by Devon Downeysmith on July 25, 2017From ranchers blocking Keystone with solar, to counties suing big oil over sea level rise, grassroots action to protect the climate and our communities. Read more
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by David Van't Hof on July 19, 2017Oregon’s 2017 legislative session goes down as a mixed bag for climate and clean energy. We stopped a major rollback and secured funding for transportation, but with global warming already harming our health, economy, and natural systems –that's just not good enough. Read more
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by Vlad Gutman-Britten on July 18, 2017For the first time in our history, Washington may fail to pass a capital construction budget. Billions of dollars of investments in clean energy, forest fire prevention, water security, school construction and so much more is at stake. Read more
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by Kelly Hall on July 12, 2017With a clean power grid, electric transportation can be a huge climate solution. How huge is limited only by our imagination—and whether our power utilities will rise to embrace a vision of a clean-energy transportation future. Read more
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by Devon Downeysmith on July 11, 2017G20 leaders recommit to the road through Paris--with the US government on the sidelines for now. More bad news for oil, more promising economic signs for renewables, and more of the latest news on climate and clean energy. Read more -
by Vlad Gutman-Britten on July 7, 2017Good news: grassroots advocacy paid off; Governor Inslee rejected the state legislature’s proposal to subsidize a fossil fuel gas plant in Washington. Read more
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by Meredith Connolly on July 6, 2017We’re breathing a sigh of relief. We succeeded in protecting Oregon's Clean Fuels Program from attacks by the fossil fuel industry, while also securing an important electric vehicles incentive. Read more
