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Aiming higher: the EPA's Clean Power Plan and the Northwest

by Ann Gravatt on

Our comments on the EPA's Clean Power Plan. The Northwest is on a path towards a clean energy economy; abandoning coal and increasing renewables and energy efficiency. The county should follow, and should set bolder targets for reining in carbon pollution.

Protect Washington wetlands from big coal

by Joëlle Robinson on

Northwest communities have made incredible progress halting proposed coal export terminals here in our region, preserving an environment in which our communities can thrive. We need to keep the pressure on to halt more proposed coal terminals, and now we have a new pressure point.

Lima climate talks begin, Kinder Morgan withdraws

by Seth Zuckerman on

Renewables now Scotland’s top source of power, fossil fuels ‘grassroots’ groups unmasked as Astroturf, shareholders demand Exxon boost dividends and cut exploration, and more news of the week in clean energy solutions.

How we keep going: Lather, rinse, repeat.

by Kathy LeMay on

In perseverance, in humility, and in gratitude: that's how we keep making progress.

Biocarbon: Mobilizing the power of nature to help restore our climate

by Eileen V. Quigley on

Check out this beautiful video, and learn more about biocarbon and the role it can play in helping solve the climate crisis. 

Thank you! Climate leadership on display in Portland

by Gregg Small and Kristen Sheeran on

"The challenge to create a sustainable economy is global – and requires a global response – but I know the Northwest can show the way."

Renewing Brew

by Bobby Hayden on

From the farm to the foam in your glass, Oregon businesses are building a sustainable life-cycle for beer through clean energy and energy efficiency.

Clean power prices drop, installations and orders up

by Seth Zuckerman on

Renewable fuels advance; carbon pricing on the docket; increasing opposition to oil-drilling; China to cap coal by 2020; global warming impacts far and wide.

Look out below! Financial prospects for NW coal export continue to worsen

by Ross Macfarlane on

Coal executives once saw a rosy future (for themselves) in Northwest coal export. But falling global demand for their dirty product now means that their dreams may be going up in smoke.

Never send to know for whom the carbon burns

by Seth Zuckerman on

No matter how clean your electricity supply is on average, we’re all connected by a power grid that uses every available green electron. At the margin, we're all equal consumers of fossil fuel. 

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