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Restoring tidal wetlands: pioneering a biocarbon solution at the Snohomish River Delta

by Keeley O'Connell on

Tidal wetlands provide great potential to sequester and store greenhouse gases. Restore Americas Estuaries and EarthCorps are investigating the carbon sequestration value of tidal wetlands.

Blue carbon goes big Down Under

by Rhys Roth on

Australia is launching one of the most ambitious ‘blue carbon’ mapping projects ever.  ‘Blue carbon’ is the capture and storage of carbon pollution from the atmosphere in ocean plants and sediments on the seabed.

Meet the "Queen of the Forest Canopy"

by Rhys Roth on

Dr. Nadkarni is a forest ecologist, sometimes known as “Queen of the Forest Canopy” for her pioneering work in understanding the ecological dynamics up in the treetops. She is also incredibly creative and committed to fostering public understanding of science and nature.

Hillsboro, OR Tackles the Last Mile Challenge

by Elizabeth Willmott on

To say that transportation is a headache for city leaders, businesses, residents, and employees in Hillsboro, OR would be an understatement. These challenges are partly the result of good economic fortune: Hillsboro has grown from a sleepy town to an employment center over the past decade to over 90,000 residents—with two consecutive expansions of a large Intel campus in the past year, hundreds of residential housing units coming online in the span of months, and new companies locating in the city on a regular basis.

Local soil

by Rhys Roth on

Are you a “locavore”?  Do you like eating high-quality foods produced from not too far away, by farmers with real faces and families?

Community Energy Advice from Massachusetts

by Elizabeth Willmott on

On February 15, the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center and the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources’ Green Communities Division announced the first six grantees of the Community Energy Strategies Pilot Program, a $500,000 state program to help local communities identify and implement strategies in energy efficiency and renewable energy to meet their local energy needs.

Tom Steyer: A "Crazed Person" When It Comes to Energy

by Eileen V. Quigley on

Tom Steyer is a national advocate for investing in clean energy solutions to address climate change whose targeted investments in renewable energy research, advanced energy solutions, and community-building strategies are aimed squarely at the intersection of economic development and environmental protection.

Enlisting Nature to Stem Climate Change

by Patrick Mazza on

Global biodiversity avatar Thomas Lovejoy sees a climate endgame in sight, title of his recent New York Times op-ed. Lovejoy points to biocarbon, nature’s capacity to capture and store carbon through plant growth.

Cloud Peak Energy: “All in” for coal exports from the West Coast

by Ross Macfarlane on

There’s an old joke that explains the difference between being “involved” and being “committed.”  Think of a ham and eggs breakfast. The hen is involved, the pig is committed. Recent developments make clear that Cloud Peak Energy is fully committed to coal exports from Washington terminals.

Caveat Investor

by Ross Macfarlane on

A new Sightline report details huge financial risks for Australian coal export startup.

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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.