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Price of solar hits new low, cities prep for higher tides

by Seth Zuckerman on

Copenhagen neighborhood re-engineered for high water, new day-and-night solar plant on line in California desert, “Uber for trucks” makes freight transport more efficient, and more news of the week in clean energy solutions.

Who's a polluter? This answer fails the smell test

by Ben Serrurier on

State Sen. Schoesler is very concerned that UW and WSU might have to pay for their carbon emissions under the Governor's carbon reduction plan. But his crocodile tears are a distraction from the real polluters–fossil fuel companies who are dumping huge amounts of waste gases into our air. 

Game on for Bold Climate Action

by Elizabeth Willmott on

In December 2014, 37 local elected leaders from across Washington State sent a clear statement of support for bold state action on climate change and clean energy. New Energy Cities is helping local officials advance clean energy in the 2015 state legislative session.

How we can win: the promise of progress

by Gregg Small on

2015 is shaping up to be a year of potentially significant progress on climate change and clean energy. And nowhere in our country is the promise of action greater than here on the West Coast, 

Automotivated

by Bobby Hayden on

An Oregon community college is fueling the future, fostering a new generation of mechanics in cleaner alternatives.

How to make friends and influence people on smart grid

by Jeff Hammarlund on

Attention mid-career workers and graduate students in the Portland-metro area: there is still time to register for an engaging course series called Designing the Smart Grid for Sustainable Communities.  

Carbon markets expand, cheap oil reshuffles deck

by Seth Zuckerman on

Solar jobs up 22 percent last year, carbon market comes to South Korea, fossil-free Danish island inspires Maine utilities, and more stories of the week in clean energy solutions.

Time for Local Climate Action in WA State

by Elizabeth Willmott on

The 2015 Washington State Legislature gets underway in Olympia, and local officials across Washington are ready.

Getting Serious about Reducing Carbon Emissions

by Eileen V. Quigley on

Elected officials from King County and 12 cities commit to an ambitious carbon reduction agenda for 2015.

President Obama: Reject Keystone XL

by Joëlle Robinson on

For weeks, President Obama has been speaking like someone who wants to reject Keystone XL. Now it’s up to us to make sure that he follows through in the ways that matter.

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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.