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by Climate Solutions on March 3, 2020
A lengthy Senate Transportation Committee hearing highlighted the urgency for Washington to act on transportation emissions, benefits to rural communities and cleaner air quality, and the depth of community concern for well-being related to climate change.

by Climate Solutions on February 25, 2020
Efforts to make available cleaner transportation fuels in Washington State move forward as bill passes out of a key Senate committee

by Stephanie Noren on January 30, 2020
Pressure grows on Washington State Senate as the House of Representatives passes a Clean Fuel Standard for second year in a row

by Jonathan Lee on January 6, 2020
A growing list of states and territories have adopted carbon pricing policies, enacted more robust low-carbon fuel standards, and committed to a timeline for transitioning to 100% clean electricity, but Oregon is not among them.

by Climate Solutions on December 20, 2019
“We want cleaner air and cleaner fuels." At a public hearing this week, the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency heard a flood of calls for cleaner air, strong action on climate, and increased growth for the region's clean energy economy.

by Climate Solutions on November 19, 2019
The City of Issaquah supports Clean Fuel Standard as key way to clean up vehicle pollution.
by Climate Solutions on October 10, 2019
A clean fuels policy covering the Puget Sound region would create a market approximately the same size as the market for Oregon’s Clean Fuels Standard, while improving air quality in some of the most polluted freeway corridors.

by Jonathan Lee on August 28, 2019
Governor Kate Brown announced today that she supports calling the Oregon State Legislature into a special session, but addressing the climate crisis was notably absent from the agenda.

by Climate Solutions on July 1, 2019
We are losing valuable time to address the climate crisis – to dramatically accelerate our state’s transition to a clean energy economy. We know the climate math; any further delay will require us to pass bigger and bolder policies to close the gap between our current trajectory and a healthy, livable future.

by Climate Solutions on June 18, 2019
After a record-length debate following record-high temperatures in Salem, the Oregon House of Representatives passed the Clean Energy Jobs Act, HB 2020B, 36-24. Now the Senate will take up the bill.
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