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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!]”
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.
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
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.
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.