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Raising voices, not sea levels

by Annie Leonard on

When it comes to Shell's Arctic drilling plans, Seattleites won't give up easily. Building a clean energy economy is going to require hard work, but we’re not daunted. We know that an important first step is drawing the line at continued fossil fuel extraction.

Our climate movement now: from opposition to opportunity

by Jonathan Lawson on

The Northwest is absolutely humming with climate activism of every sort. Our annual breakfast speakers challenged us to keep up the fight against fossil-fuel dominance, injustice and political inertia, and move from opposition to opportunity.

Be a Climate Champion--May 5 is Give BIG's Day of Champions

by Savitha on

As Climate Solutions builds a movement for decisive climate action, we rely on generous donors like you. This is our week of Climate Champions, and today is the day to Give BIG. Will you step up?

Again Seattle says: Shell No!

by Joëlle Robinson on

Mayor Murray's announcement gives Seattle's Port Commissioners an opportunity to reconsider their mistake. Let's tell them now: keep Shell's Arctic drillng operation out of Seattle's Port!

Tesla batteries will change the grid balance of power

by Seth Zuckerman on

Shell’s Arctic drilling hits two stumbling blocks, three-quarters of extremely hot days can be pinned on climate change, Church of England divests, and more news of the week in clean energy solutions.

City of Seattle to Shell Oil: Not so fast; while major business coalition joins call for climate action

by Climate Solutions on

At Climate Solutions' annual breakfast on May 4, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray announced that the Port of Seattle lacked the proper permits to lease moorage to Shell's controversial Arctic drilling fleet. Meanwhile, a major business coalition gave its support to the broadest-based climate action efforts in Washington and Oregon.

Regional climate leadership, global climate impacts

by Dae Dahlquist on

We're inspired by this young activist who described, at a recent Climate Solutions event in Olympia, what climate activism means to him. We think you'll be inspired too.

Not one but two oil-by-rail terminals? That’s just crude

by Joëlle Robinson on

Vancouver, WA is already facing one proposed oil terminal on their waterfront. Now there's a second one? Let's make sure that city officials take all potential harms into account and say NO to crude-by-rail!

Tar sands and oil trains and Shell, oh my!

by Ross Macfarlane on

A new report reveals that the Pacific Northwest is the next frontier of the tar sands invasion. Desperate for routes to get their crude oil from land-locked Alberta to refineries and export markets, the tar sands industry has its sights set on our communities and coastline.

PV power surging ahead — no thanks to Moore’s Law

by Seth Zuckerman on

Biologists tally bird deaths at power tower, Tesla to offer home battery plus solar panels you can lease, Obama finds his climate anger, and more stories of the week in clean energy solutions. 

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Earth Week in a time of monsters

“The old world is dying,” Antonio Gramsci wrote in 1930, “and the new world struggles to be born. Now is the time of monsters.” Today’s intersection of monstrous planetary crises has a name and a face: the Trump administration, with fossil fuel interests pulling strings behind the scenes.