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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.

100% clean energy is where we’re headed. Tell Transalta no!

by Joëlle Robinson on

Fossil fuel gas is not really a "bridge fuel" that takes us where we need to go.

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.

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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.