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Under Lima pact, all nations to cut carbon...voluntarily

by Seth Zuckerman on

Cheap petroleum leads firms to stop oil drilling, South Carolina gets net-metering for solar, carbon taxes get backing from studies in Oregon and Canada, and more stories of the week in clean energy solutions.

Clean fuels: the benefits add up

by Ben Serrurier on

Instead of handing over $14 billion to Big Oil every year and paying the price for fossil fuel pollution, why don't we invest a portion of that in building a clean fuels economy right here in Washington State?

Oregon’s Senators want what we want: less pollution, more clean energy

by Ann Gravatt on

Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden are calling for stronger carbon pollution reduction targets in the Clean Power Plan.

Mind the carbon bubble, says the Bank of England

by Seth Zuckerman on

Clean energy sector employs more Californians than film, radio and TV; Hawaiian utility bought out by nation’s largest windpower firm; wrangling continues at Lima climate talks; and more stories of the week in clean energy.

Climate cheers to Oregon beers

by Bobby Hayden on

Almost happy hour on the west coast. Actually anytime you find yourself reading this it’s five o’clock somewhere. So raise your glass, because it’s time to salute the climate solutions brewing in one of Oregon’s signature industries.

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. 

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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.