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A textbook case of climate-fueled extremism

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Clean trucks zoom ahead, Hurricane Ida roundup, and updates on 100% clean nationwide

A summer of extreme extremes

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100% clean electricity nationwide, scoring environmental justice, and a season of extremes 

Rein in the biggest polluters, avert climate chaos

by Jonathan Lee on

Oregon's Department of Environmental Quality has been developing rules to hold our state's biggest polluters accountable for the first time, but we're losing ground to industry lobbyists.

Phasing out gas: Shoreline takes steps towards clean buildings

by Deepa Sivarajan on

Shoreline is gearing up to make sure all new large buildings are powered by clean energy, not fossil fuels. If you're a local resident, let the city know they're on the right track!

Making sense of a scary climate report

by Jonathan Lawson on

THe long-awaited new IPCC climate report is out this week. It includes good news as well as very bad news.

Tell Congress: this is our climate moment

by Jonathan Lawson on

Congress has a historic opportunity to show climate leadership by including major climate investments in the upcoming reconciliation package. To succeed, they must include:

What can we do about climate silence?

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There's nowhere in the country where people are talking about climate with others on a regular basis. That needs to change.

Clean Buildings: Help King County keep leading on climate

by Joëlle Robinson on

We’re used to thinking of transportation as the big source of greenhouse gas emissions. But while they don't move, buildings still emit carbon and air pollution. In fact, emissions from buildings are growing at a faster rate than any other source of carbon pollution in Washington, due to the use of fossil fuels like gas.

Protect Northwest farmworkers from extreme heat

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Urge your members of Congress to back the federal heat safety bill.

100% clean despite the heat

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A federal "down payment" on climate (?), green hydrogen, and a note on this summer's extreme heat 

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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.