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    Freeway expansion and climate action don't mix

    by Jonathan Lee on

    Freeway expansion and climate action don’t mix As youth-organized climate protests against the Oregon Department of Transportation’s proposed Interstate 5 freeway expansion project enter their 25th week, elected leaders in Washington State are also reckoning with the climate and community consequences of freeway expansion.

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    Manchin accepts new leadership roles

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    Headlines on Joe Manchin and wind power in Texas; environmental justice and access to clean air; and other news on climate and clean energy. Warning: includes April Fools Day jokes alongside actual news!

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    Clean energy. Fossil-fueled crisis. Tipping points are here

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    In this week's ClimateCast: clean energy results from the Oregon and Washington legislatures; fossil fuels and the Ukraine humanitarian crisis; and the EPA takes action on truck emissions

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    "A Brief and rapidly closing window"

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    In this week's ClimateCast: a grim new report from the IPCC; a fossil-fueled war in Ukraine; underwhelming action from the federal government, and signs of progress in Oregon

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    State action on clean energy: what's the score?

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    In this week's ClimateCast: an update on clean energy legislation in Oregon and Washington; sea levels rising fast; and the Biden Administration has plans to boost our clean energy economy

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    So much worse than we thought

    by Jonathan Lawson on

    In this week's ClimateCast: New research identifies hazards with home gas hookups, subsidies and technological advances are pushing EVs further toward ubiquity, and more climate and clean energy news of the moment

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    Climate pollution coming from...inside our buildings!?

    by Jonathan Lee on

    In this edition of Climate Cast: WA Legislative Session begins, reducing pollution from buildings, cleaning up regional power grids, and crossed words on so-called "clean coal".

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    2022 is off to an electric start

    by Stephanie Noren on

    2022: the year of the truck, a cleaner grid, and maybe some new ideas 

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    A real clean coast

    by Jacqui Trillo on

    The Pacific Northwest leads on clean trucks, holding greenwashers to account, energy storage innovations, and getting relief to flood victims.

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    The good, the bad, and the necessary next steps

    by Jonathan Lee on

    Harrowing floods in the PNW, a wrap-up of the COP26 conference, and some federal progress on climate.

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The media climate is in trouble, too

In this week's ClimateCast: our media climate faces multiple attacks; NW states push back against federal clean energy cuts