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Oregon can make our energy grid stronger and more affordable by using virtual power plants to coordinate local tools like home batteries and smart appliances. These smart solutions help lower energy costs for everyone while creating good local jobs in our communities.
by Meredith Connolly on
Electricity demand is on the rise. And it's clear that the best way to have a reliable, affordable electricity system is to speed up deployment of clean energy, transmission infratructure, and grid modernization. Clean energy is affordable, reliable energy. Delay is the greatest risk we face.
by Nora Apter on
Announcing Oregon’s 2026 legislative short session priorities, which aim to double down on climate action that lowers household energy costs, addresses financing gaps left by federal funding cuts, grows the economy, and strengthens community resilience.
by James Hove on
It’s that time again… Washington’s 2026 legislative session has begun. For the next (very short) ten weeks, we’re aiming to continue progress on climate change, accelerate clean energy progress, and ensure everyone across Washington benefits from cleaner air, more affordable energy bills, and a healthier environment.
by Joëlle Robinson on
Thank you for all you did this year for good, and for climate progress. To make our gains more durable in the new year, we will almost certainly need to keep defending what we have done while passing new policies for more solutions. We can and we will do it. Together.
by Jonathan Lawson on
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.
by Climate Solutions on
As legislators prepare to address major revenue shortfalls, the CCA provides critical, protected, and steady, protected funding to advance climate progress.
by Brett Morgan on
EVs can weigh more, but is that missing the forest for the trees?
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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.