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Here's your clean energy team for 2021

by Jonathan Lawson on

Biden's climate picks bring experience, grit and a focus on environmental justice. Plus: Who the gas industry is targeting now, and climate book recommendations for the holidays!

Join the club on this 350th day of the year

by Jonathan Lee on

Climate Solutions’ 350 Club members are an integral part of our organization and your help is needed to propel the transition to our clean energy future.

The surprising economics behind going all-electric (hint, the numbers are pretty good)

by Deepa Sivarajan on

So far our blog series on clean, all-electric buildings has shown how we can reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and improve our health and safety, but what about the economic impacts?

Urge Multnomah County to build 100% clean energy-powered libraries

by Jonathan Lee on

Multnomah County voters recently approved $387 million in library construction bonds. Let's ensure this new building is 100% clean and fossil free.

ClimateCast: A secret antidote to 2020's triple crises?

by Jonathan Lawson on

In this issue of Climate Cast: Mapping climate, racism, and pandemic impacts, Biden's climate plans, and solar's continued rise.

Pollution is coming… from inside the house

by Deepa Sivarajan on

Washington and Oregon can do better to protect residents by creating clean, safe, all-electric buildings. In this second part of our blog series on all-electric buildings, we outline the health and safety risks of using gas, and detail how all-electric buildings can be the climate and health solution we need.

The Path Forward on Climate Change in the Northwest

by Gregg Small on

Is there room for climate action in the coming year, given all our other challenges? You bet there is. (We're also looking back—read our Climate Action Report 2020!)

Paris! we just can't leave you

by Jonathan Lawson on

Clean energy advances through local elections We need national and international action to fight climate change, but states and cities have also been a critical piece of the solution.

So that was the election. What now for climate?

by Gregg Small on

The first in a series of articles on the election and what it means for climate action, especially in the Northwest.

The Election arrives, along with a climate clock countdown

by Jonathan Lawson on

Climate voters vote, with candidates' positions on climate and clean energy playing a significant role in many races.

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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.