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The resistance is as strong as it is creative

by Devon Downeysmith on

From ranchers blocking Keystone with solar, to counties suing big oil over sea level rise, grassroots action to protect the climate and our communities. 

Assessing climate progress at the Oregon legislature

by David Van't Hof on

Oregon’s 2017 legislative session goes down as a mixed bag for climate and clean energy. We stopped a major rollback and secured funding for transportation, but with global warming already harming our health, economy, and natural systems –that's just not good enough.   

Washington Senate should set aside partisanship, pass budget

by Vlad Gutman-Britten on

For the first time in our history, Washington may fail to pass a capital construction budget. Billions of dollars of investments in clean energy, forest fire prevention, water security, school construction and so much more is at stake.

Showing the utility of electric transportation

by Kelly Hall on

With a clean power grid, electric transportation can be a huge climate solution. How huge is limited only by our imagination—and whether our power utilities will rise to embrace a vision of a clean-energy transportation future.

The world (mostly) unites for climate action

by Devon Downeysmith on

G20 leaders recommit to the road through Paris--with the US government on the sidelines for now. More bad news for oil, more promising economic signs for renewables, and more of the latest news on climate and clean energy.

Thanks to Governor Inslee—and to you!

by Vlad Gutman-Britten on

Good news: grassroots advocacy paid off; Governor Inslee rejected the state legislature’s proposal to subsidize a fossil fuel gas plant in Washington. 

Oregonians' Right To Clean Fuels: Back in the Fast Lane

by Meredith Connolly on

We’re breathing a sigh of relief. We succeeded in protecting Oregon's Clean Fuels Program from attacks by the fossil fuel industry, while also securing an important electric vehicles incentive. 

The WA state budget isn't for funding new fossil fuel projects

by Vlad Gutman-Britten on

Tell the Governor now: Investing in new fossil gas is a recipe for climate disaster and runs counter to a vision of a 100% clean future that Washington can achieve. [UPDATE: Governor Inslee vetoed this measure. Thanks everyone!]

Clean energy strengthens power grids, prosperity, people and the planet

by Devon Downeysmith on

The fast expansion of solar and wind energy is strengthening power grids; resistance continues to climate intransigence; sour outlook for fossil fuel finance but bright horizons for renewables and clean fuels; and more of the latest news in climate and clean energy. 

Window closing soon for climate action at the Oregon Legislature

by David Van't Hof on

As Oregon’s 2017 legislative session enters its final weeks, we’re fighting hard to take the steps forward we urgently need.  

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