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All oils are not created equal; wind, solar, and geothermal turn Nicaragua from rolling black-outs to power exporter; Hawaii considers 100% Renewable Portfolio Standard, and more news of the week in clean energy solutions.
by Ross Macfarlane on
Wyoming legislators have gone socialist! Or is there another word for using government funds to prop up private companies (big coal, in this case) that find themselves unable to compete in the free market?
by Ben Serrurier on
Funding education is a top priority for the Washington State Legislature this year. But this week, it was legislators' own climate science education that came into question.
by Beth Doglio on
Given the state of our climate crisis, it’s well past time that we draw a clear line in the sand. That’s why a nationwide movement has succeeded (so far) in blocking the Keystone XL pipeline, and it’s why we cannot allow Shell to use Seattle as a home port for Arctic drilling.
by KC Golden on
Student divestment activists are meeting with University of Washington Regents to press the case for going coal-free. The Regents could have saved a bundle by divesting when the students first asked. Will they act now?
by Seth Zuckerman on
Solar plane begins round-the-world journey, India levies coal tariff to pay for renewables, McKibben floats ‘fossil freeze,’ and more news of the week in clean energy solutions.
by Joëlle Robinson on
Despite the growing controversy over exploding oil trains and their obvious potential for disaster, the Army Corps of Engineers intends to rubber stamp the largest oil-by-rail terminal proposed in the US using a one-size-fits-all nationwide permit. This is unacceptable.
by Arran Robertson on
Oregon has a lot of forests, and great conditions for growing long-lived trees, and those forests store a lot of carbon. Aggressive and unsustainable logging of those forests can contribute heavily to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change.
by Joëlle Robinson on
This Tuesday, help deliver a message to the Port of Seattle--Seattle won't play a part in Shell's reckless damage to our climate and the Arctic environment.
by Kristen Sheeran on
Together, we protected clean air and cleaner fuel choices in Oregon. Here's why that's great news for our climate and our clean energy economy.
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Courts push back part of Trump's quixotic war on wind power. Oregon's got a new clean energy strategy, and the US government was a no-show at the latest global climate talks.