Denial
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by Jonathan Gates on December 4, 2019We need one more big push to make clear to AAA of Oregon and other corporate interests that blocking climate action is bad for business. Read more -
by Meredith Connolly on September 12, 2019The end of Oregon’s 2019 legislative session exposed some of the egregious corporate lobbying in Salem that blocks climate action – sometimes in public, but many times behind the scenes in the halls of the State Capitol. One of those companies is the American Automobile Association (AAA) of Oregon. Yes, the same AAA that you call for a lifeline when your car breaks down – but apparently that lifeline doesn’t extend to the climate emergency we’re currently experiencing. Read more
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by KC Golden on November 12, 2018Big oil bought a win in Washington's election. But they're now basically alone in propping up a failing system; that's just one of the fundamental weaknesses that will ultimately bring Oil down. Read more
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by KC Golden on October 8, 2018Oil’s dominance will last only as long as they can bully us into believing we can’t have clean energy and better choices. That's why they're spending tens of millions to oppose I-1631. Read more
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by KC Golden on August 10, 201830 years ago, it would have been much easier to tackle the causes of climate disruption. That was then. 30 years from now, they might remember the fiery September of 2018 as the turning point toward solutions, when leaders confronted the challenge head-on at a historic summit in California. Or they might be in hell, wondering why we blew it. Read more
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by Kathy Washienko on June 14, 2018King County has joined other local governments across the country who are suing major oil companies who knew the cataclysmic consequences of carbon pollution, but kept misleading us all. Read more
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by Vlad Gutman-Britten on March 28, 2018Washington's Legislature failed—again—to enact the kind of bold climate solutions we need and are ready for. Here's what happened, and here's why we can't stop and won't stop working to make the Evergreen State a climate leadership state. Read more -
by Derek Hoshiko on November 2, 2017Slides handout from 2017 Mason County Climate Workshop in Belfair, WA presented by Derek Hoshiko on October 21, 2017. Read more
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by Derek Hoshiko on October 10, 2017Of course, none of us think of ourselves as climate deniers. But something makes us flinch from bad news, hard conversations, and uncomfortable conclusions. Read more
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by Mara Gross and ... on October 5, 2017We need more from the media than rain-soaked newscasters reporting from hurricane regions to help audiences understand the climate crisis and what we can do solve it. Read more
