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by William Brent on
More than 70 businesses, including fossil fuel giant Shell and utility EDF Energy, recently signed the "Trillion Tonne Communique," asking governments to put a price on carbon in order to limit emissions to one trillion metric tons (we're already more than halfway there). The ultimate goal is to make the world net-zero emissions by 2100. Sounds great.
by Kimberly Larson on
Which has worse consequences: wrongly denying that a problem exists, or acknowledging the problem, while choosing to keep making the problem worse?
by Jenna Garmon on
Unfortunately, future success in natural infrastructure may be in real jeopardy if Portlanders pass Measure 26-156 on May 20.
by Seth Zuckerman on
In this week’s ClimateCast: Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announces climate plan, New York utilities rethink their business model, pteropods succumbing to sour sea water, and more.
by Gregg Small on
On April 29, Washington Governor Jay Inslee's Executive Order on climate change marked a big leap forward for West Coast climate leadership.
by Ann Gravatt on
We are alarmed about a proposal to drastically reduce funding for one of the region’s essential energy efficiency resources, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA).
by Seth Zuckerman on
In this week’s ClimateCast: Climate politics shifting in renewables’ favor; a climate denier changes his stripes; Gov. Kitzhaber comes out against coal ports; and more.
by KC Golden on
Did the producers of the Showtime docu-series Years of Living Dangerously have to conduct an Environmental Impact Statement before airing their show? They should have, because it is profoundly disruptive to the ecosystem of denial.
by Seth Zuckerman on
In this week’s ClimateCast: British Airways inks contract to buy fuel made from garbage; Keystone pipeline decision delayed until after November elections; solar prices plummeting to parity with market prices; and more.
by Bobby Hayden on
The second episode of Years continues a storyline in which Harrison Ford travels to Indonesia to investigate massive slash and burn deforestation projects, which are making way for gigantic, illegal palm oil plantations. The destruction of Indonesia's peat lands - the burning of both the forests' trees and carbon rich soils - now accounts for 4% of the world's total greenhouse gas emissions alone.
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Courts push back part of Trump's quixotic war on wind power. Oregon's got a new clean energy strategy, and the US government was a no-show at the latest global climate talks.