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Looking Back on One Year of Washington’s Transformational Climate Commitment Act

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Last week, the Department of Ecology held its final auction in the inaugural year of WA’s cap-and-invest program. Washington’s Climate Commitment Act (CCA) – only the second cap-and-invest program in the U.S. – has had no parallel in the potential for a climate policy to protect our air, water, and forests from pollution, address environmental harm to communities of color and Tribal Nations, and provide unprecedented funding to create more resilient communities across Washington.

Brighter Tomorrows: 2023 Annual Report

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Reflecting on 25 years of creative advocacy and effective action on climate, and how our past victories prepare us for serious work ahead

COP28 convenes in Dubai — with fractional results

by Jonathan Lee on

Just a year ago, fossil fuel companies complained they felt unwelcome at COP27; at this year’s COP28 international climate conference, OPEC has its own pavilion.

Is Offshore Wind in Oregon’s Future?

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Climate Solutions has this guiding principle: there is an identified need for offshore wind in Oregon to achieve our 100% clean energy goals, and it must happen through a robust, transparent, inclusive, and equitable process. 

Support brighter tomorrows this #GivingTuesday

by Jonathan Lee on

Our clean energy future is within reach. But there's serious work ahead, and we cannot do it alone. Are you with us?

The Bus Company That Could

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How a small business is overcoming bumps on the road to all-electric buses.

Washington to expand its climate impact

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PRESS RELEASE: Department of Ecology Announces Plans to Join California and Québec carbon markets

If you didn't like the Keystone XL pipeline...

by Jonathan Lawson on

A controversial pipeline expansion gets approved over a multitude of objections. What climate change will mean for food production and equity. And a major public investment in hydrogen energy.

A clean energy just transition for autoworkers

by Jonathan Lee on

In this week's issue of Climate Cast: autoworker strike underscores the need for a just transition, the new faces of climate denial, and California enters the climate lawsuit fray.

Our kids deserve pollution-free school buses

by Jonathan Lee and Jöelle Robinson on

Washington State needs to pass a bill requiring all school buses in Washington to be zero-emission by 2035, and new bus purchases must be pollution-free by 2027. Other states have done this — so can we!

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The media climate is in trouble, too

In this week's ClimateCast: our media climate faces multiple attacks; NW states push back against federal clean energy cuts