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On climate disruption, ending silence and heeding science

by Devon Downeysmith on

Breaking through Climate Silence  In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, Pope Francis called upon leaders and officials still denying climate change to open their eyes, saying that leaders have “a moral responsibility to act.” In Florida, the US state hit hardest by Hurricane Irma,

Stronger together: working for a clean and fair economy

by Beth Doglio on

Opportunities for shared prosperity will abound in a clean energy world.

Hope under heavy skies

by Gregg Small on

We're gaining momentum towards 100% clean energy. Here's how we're laying the groundwork, and what comes next.

I walked in to work today full of fire.

by Gregg Small on

We, too, now live in a part of the world in which climate change, and its threats to our health and security, are an entirely personal matter.

ClimateCast: A Storm we could see coming

by Devon Downeysmith on

The aftermath of storm Harvey, everyone agrees on the importance of cutting pollution, climate threats to agriculture, and more of the latest in climate and clean energy news.

We have no time to lose

by Savitha on

Let's help victims of recent flooding--and let's understand Harvey as a particularly urgent warning of crises ahead.

A world roiled by climate change, a future buttressed by clean energy

by Devon Downeysmith on

A worldwide whirlwind of renewable power; solutions in the Northwest; the electric revolution, and more of the latest news on climate and clean energy

We stopped PGE’s fracked gas plants!

by David Van't Hof on

In another step toward a 100% clean energy future in the Northwest, the Oregon Public Utility Commission rejected Portland General Electric’s proposal for new fracked gas plants. 

Oregon Public Utility Commission rejects PGE's fracked gas proposal

by Mara Gross on

(Salem, OR) – Today, the Oregon Public Utilities Commission (PUC) did not acknowledge plans by Portland General Electric (PGE) to build two new power plants that burn fracked gas at the Carty Generating Station near the site of a retiring coal-fired power plant in Boardman, OR.

Big wind, big oil, and big work ahead

by Devon Downeysmith on

When willl big oil begin its last breath? The good, the bad and the downright ugly in climate and clean energy in this week's ClimateCast.

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Wind shifts (?)

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.