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Six months on... the people's climate march continues

by Isamu Sims on

Six months ago this week, the People's Climate March in New York marked a turning point for grassroots climate action worldwide. It also left a mark on many individual participants. Here, a friend of Climate Solutions shares his memories of that special day.

This zombie coal dock will now stay dead

by Jasmine Zimmer-Stucky on

Northwesterners can rest easy now that the threat of the zombie coal dock-pocalypse is over! The $2 million dollars public subsidy that Big Coal was trying to gain, and gain again, to build a dirty coal dock on the Columbia River at Port Westward was rejected (again) last week, and the funds reallocated to a public transit project instead.

Renew Oregon! Broad new coalition shows demand for climate action

by Kristen Sheeran on

There is no bigger fight than the one we’re waging for the future of the climate. We already feel the effects of extreme storms, drought and record-breaking wildfires. We’re the last generation that can do anything to reverse it. 

Religious communities: lead, don’t follow on climate justice

by Tim DeChristopher on

The moral leadership of religious people is needed to challenge and deepen the climate justice movement.

From Costa Rica to Texas, seeking 100% renewable

by Seth Zuckerman on

Feds to cut energy use 40 percent, advanced jet and diesel biofuels expand on the West Coast, Europe’s power grid unruffled by solar eclipse, and more news of the week in clean energy solutions.

Support Oregon's transition from coal to clean

by Patrick O'Herron on

The Coal to Clean Energy plan would transition Oregon completely off of coal by 2025. Let's make it happen - we can protect our health and climate, create local jobs and transition to clean, renewable energy!

A snowball rolling downhill

by Nora Weaver on

The clean energy economy is coming, and the northwest is poised to lead it into being. Sometimes it seems like a struggle, sometimes it seems inevitable. Here's the story of one person working to grow our solar industry, and how it fits into a clean energy vision for the future.

Enough is enough! Stand with the Lummi against big coal

by Joëlle Robinson on

Lummi Nation leaders have asked the Army Corps of Engineers to "act swiftly" to deny a coal export facility that threatens their treaty fishing rights. Will you stand with them?

SB 5735: This bad bill is no win for the climate

by Ben Serrurier on

Climate and clean energy debates in Olympia this year are focused on two different proposals, but only one that addresses the climate problem. One, the Carbon Pollution Accountability Act, would be a win for our state's economy, public health and the climate. The other would roll back years of progress.

EV tax incentives: good for Washington's economy

by Marlyn Twitchell on

As the Washington State Legislature struggles to balance its budget, tax exemptions are rightfully receiving scrutiny. But here’s one that pays for itself and thus should be a no-brainer:  the electric vehicle tax sales exemption. Why?  It's worth $68 million to the state’s economy over the next 16 years.

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A new worldwide record for clean energy generation; climate accountability in the courts and state legislatures; and rebates intended to make leasing a domestic EV super-affordable. It's in the latest ClimateCast.