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Global investment in renewables hits $329 B record in 2015; oil-train activists offer defense of necessity; utility-scale solar costs drop 17% in a year; and more news of the week in clean energy solutions.
by Joëlle Robinson on
Arch Coal's bankruptcy filing sends a huge signal that coal export is a bad business, and has no place in the Washington economy. Let's make sure our state leaders get the message.
by Seth Zuckerman on
Solar supplies nearly 10 percent of California’s power in 2015, GM rolls out mass-market electric car with 200-mile range, NASA tests more efficient aircraft propulsion, and more news of the week in clean energy solutions.
by Climate Solutions on
The nation's second-largest coal company declared bankruptcy after years of unresponsive management and a stock value in freefall. With consumers increasingly concerned about public health and demanding cleaner energy, the writing is on the wall for the entire coal industry.
by Joëlle Robinson on
We need your help to stop the largest proposed crude oil-by-rail terminal in North America! Tesoro wants to ship 360,000 barrels of volatile crude oil per day by train through our region and down the Columbia River.
by Kristen Sheeran on
Less than a month after the historic Paris agreement on climate change, Oregon utilities, climate advocates and environmental groups are heeding—and leading—the international community’s call for a clean energy transition.
by Climate Solutions on
Climate Solutions, Washington Environmental Council, and Washington Conservation Voters respond to the WA Dept. of Ecology’s announcement of a draft Clean Air Rule
by Seth Zuckerman on
Indian microfinance brings solar energy to off-grid villages and slums, Eugene tests microgrids powered by PVs, the ‘rebound effect’ is smaller than previously reported, and more news of the week in clean energy solutions.
by Seth Zuckerman on
California regulators to preserve net metering, Australian mine converted to solar farm, ten of gigawatts of new solar and wind expected thanks to tax credit extension, and more news of the week in clean energy solutions.
by KC Golden on
Though we may come by our climate cynicism honestly post-Paris, it doesn't do the climate (or our future) a lick of good. The world only wins climate solutions if our country, the United States, shows all the way up. And no matter how hard it may be to hold our own country so accountable, that remains our indispensable role.
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Expecting the Unexpected: Why wildland firefighters think about heat when it’s cold
Many of us don't think about forest fires during the cold weather months, but an important few definitely have: wildland firefighters working with Washington's Department of Natural Resources. Guest contributor James Ellis is a wildlands firefighter who is also currently incarcerated. Read - or listen to - his story.