From banana seats to century rides, riding a bike means freedom, joy, and sometimes grueling hills. In the upcoming Pacific Northwest Climate Ride, three people will be spending six days cycling along beaches, through port towns, and up the Olympic Mountains to support Climate Solutions.

100-MW battery outcompetes a natural-gas peaker plant in LA, Germany replaces feed-in tariffs with clean power auction, Chinese automaker unveils solar car, and more news of the week in climate and clean energy.

Washington state officials continue working on a new set of rules to cap carbon emissions. Getting ir right will require setting more ambitious goals, in line with current science—and we'll still need more tools to protect our climate and our future.

The first six months of 2016 were perhaps the most productive of our entire 18 year history. Here's a mid-year update, and a look at what's coming in the second six.

Oregon has the highest per-capita ownership of emissions-cheating Volkswagens in the U.S. Now the state plans to spend some of the settlement money to clean up diesel and reduce emissions for real.

Solar prices fall 8 percent in first half of 2016, Oakland rejects coal export proposal, California plans for a future without baseload power plants, and more news of the week in climate and clean energy.

Thanks to St. Thomas School for supporting us through your 2016 Walkathon. When we visited to talk climate with you, you inspired us.

Each week, some 60 million gallons of highly volatile Bakken crude oil speeds across the Pacific Northwest, in mile-long trains that pass along our waterways and through our cities and towns. What could possibly go wrong? 

Union Pacific track maintenance blamed for oil-train derailment, VW will pay nearly $15 billion to settle US claims in emissions deceit scandal, rooftop solar spreads in Africa, and more news of the week in climate and clean energy.

More than 2.5 million people now work in the US clean energy sector. Moreover, continued trends in clean energy investment and falling prices of renewable energy suggest that clean energy job growth will continue to accelerate.