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Making a little noise about the climate

by Kathleen Patton on

Longview, Washington is a small community acutely aware of the threat coal export poses to our climate and to public health. That's why they took action with #PeoplesClimate.

Oregon's largest tech firms join call for climate action

by Carrie Hearne on

More than 200 companies so far have joined the Oregon Business Climate Declaration's call for state action on climate, Signers so far include Intel, eBay, Symantec, Nike and Adidas.

“This is the end of the Fossil Fuel Era, the beginning of the Clean Energy Era.”

by KC Golden on

The 400,000 People's Climate Marchers are right: the carbon bubble is beginning to pop.  Coal is on the ropes, and those who have been resisting divestment are now kicking themselves for staying in too long.  Oil and gas will lose their grip more slowly, but they will lose it.  

Marchers pack NY streets; loud calls to price carbon

by Seth Zuckerman on

Rockefeller family foundation to divest from the very fuels that built their fortune, U.S. Navy orders 100 million gallons of biofuels, novices build a wind generator from scratch, and more stories of the week in clean energy.

Diverse voices on the People’s Climate Train

by Kelly Hall on

Kelly Hall finds people deeply concerned about equality around the world and how a changing climate exacerbates existing social problems all over the globe.

Cascadian solutions in the Big Apple

by KC Golden on

“Climate change?!  That’s a global thing.  Let the global people deal with it.” This is what we often hear from the fossil fuel interests and their allies when we propose bold climate solutions in the Northwest.   It’s one of their many ways of saying, “It’s hopeless. Resistance is futile.  Think about something else [… which, of course, people are understandably eager to do!]”

Overcoming climate depression: why I'm joining the People's Climate March

by Katrina Rabeler on

This weekend, tens of thousands of people are putting their lives on pause to be part of the largest-ever climate mobilization in New York. And for many, the reasons for being there are personal.

German clean-energy push makes ripples worldwide

by Seth Zuckerman on

Solar and wind reap worldwide benefits from German shift to renewables, World Bank expects carbon pricing news at next week's summit, climate change versus the birds, and more stories of the week in clean energy solutions

This changes everything: Climate actions across Washington this weekend

by Jonathan Lawson on

Are you ready? Because this weekend is when we're going to change everything. People's Climate actions are taking place across Washington State—and across the country.

Oregon Joins Global March for Climate Action

by Bobby Hayden on

As world leaders gather in New York City for the UN Climate Summit later this month, tens of thousands of people will gather in cities across Oregon, across the country and across the world to send a clear message—the time to act on climate change is now.

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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.