Climate change
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by Gregg Small on September 5, 2017We, 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. Read more
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by Savitha Reddy Pathi on August 30, 2017Let's help victims of recent flooding--and let's understand Harvey as a particularly urgent warning of crises ahead. Read more
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by David Van't Hof on August 10, 2017In 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. Read more
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by Devon Downeysmith on August 8, 2017When 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. Read more
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by Devon Downeysmith on July 25, 2017From ranchers blocking Keystone with solar, to counties suing big oil over sea level rise, grassroots action to protect the climate and our communities. Read more
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by Kelly Hall on July 12, 2017With 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. Read more
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by Vlad Gutman-Britten on June 30, 2017Tell 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!] Read more
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by Devon Downeysmith on June 27, 2017The 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. Read more
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by Seth Zuckerman on June 12, 2017Coal kills more people annually than it employs, Nevada restores solar net-metering, Los Angeles tests subsidized electric-car-sharing in low-income neighborhoods, and more news of the week in climate and clean energy. Read more
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by Joëlle Robinson on June 8, 2017What makes people take an afternoon or a day off work just to say NO to what would be the largest oil-by-rail terminal in North America? What would make them drive hours through the night to attend a public hearing? For one thing, love for their great-great grandchildren. Read more