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Biocarbon solutions are all around us

by Jenna Garmon on

Farmers, entrepreneurs, and scientists in the Pacific Northwest and beyond are delivering biocarbon results and demonstrating the pathways to a low carbon future. 

Oil trains in WA? The price is too darn high

by Alex Epstein on

In the last week of October, Washington residents have a rare opportunity to raise our concerns about oil train safety and the prospect of even more unsafe oil trains rolling through our cities and towns. Attend a hearing in Spokane or Olympia and say no to big oil!

Welcome to our new Oregon Director

by Gregg Small on

Climate Solutions welcomes Kristen Sheeran to our Oregon team.

How a Koch-funded group attacking clean fuels standards flubs the math

by Simon Mui on

When an organization claiming to represent small business conducts an analysis, you'd hope that basic business accounting wouldn't be a problem. But when the "analysis" is actually an oil industry attack on climate policies...

Renewables advance, Europeans parley on carbon

by Seth Zuckerman on

Abundant renewables drive coal off the grid in Scandinavia and the Baltics, new study shows fossil gas is no boon for the climate, activists blockade Australian coal port, and more news of the week in clean energy solutions.

What are the Koch brothers afraid of?

by Ben Serrurier on

Out-of-state climate deniers launch effort to mislead Washingtonians about clean fuels choices, clean air and our prospects for economic independence.

Cities on the Move

by Elizabeth Willmott on

Aggressive city action can reduce global carbon emissions at least 10% by 2030, according to a C40 report at the UN Climate Summit. Across the US, we see examples of cities that are investing in clean energy and carbon reduction solutions.

Art and Science: Carbon-Cutting in Shoreline, WA

by Elizabeth Willmott on

On-the-ground urban carbon reduction strategies are essential with or without carbon pricing, as they are the bricks-and-mortar pathways to a low-carbon future.

Climate change a threat to national security, says DoD

by Seth Zuckerman on

Worldwide switch to clean power would save $1.8 trillion, rainforests store less carbon once they’re fragmented, WA carbon tax would pay steady dividends, and other stories of the week in clean energy solutions.

No time for the sidelines: youth take the lead in climate organizing

by Alex Epstein on

Do you remember the 21st of September? Generation Y and Z don’t want the credit for making history on the day of the largest climate mobilization EVER,  but they deserve a lot of it. 

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United states (and a province) flex for climate progress

Major media outlets show an uncertain committment to climate and clean energy journalism; while the US stalls out on climate progress, Washington, California and Quebec collaborate to reduce pollution