Trump’s first week in office sparks outcry, resistance
Sunshot reaches its dollar-a-watt goal three years early, Olympia to hear new carbon pricing bill, civil servants try Twitter samizdat, and more news of the week in climate and clean energy.
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Planet sets heat record as Trump takes up the reins
New approvals for wind in Wyoming and off North Carolina; thinking about “base cost” renewables instead of “base load” power; saving climate info in the Data Refuge, and more news of the week in climate and clean energy.
On climate, Washington (our Washington) needs to lead
There's no time like the present to demand a better future. Washington folks: please contact your state legislators and tell them we need their leadership on clean energy and clean transportation now!
Tillerson gets a grilling, knives sharpened for Pruitt
US sends $500 million to Green Climate Fund, Chinese President Xi urges Trump to stand by Paris accord, hacktivists prepare offshore archive of federal environmental data, and more news of the week in climate and clean energy.
Coal won’t rebound under any scenario, says DOE
China to invest $361 billion in clean energy over five years, Chevy Bolt wins Car of the Year award, VW executive arrested in Miami over emissions fraud conspiracy, and more news of the week in climate and clean energy.
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Another one bites the dust?
This week, Washington State made a significant decision about the largest and last-remaining coal export proposal in the state, the Millennium Bulk Terminal in Longview, WA effectively stopping the proposal from moving forward.
Arctic oil is out, offshore wind is in, PV prices falling
Hawaii to meet 100% RPS five years ahead of schedule, Democrats to target Pruitt and Tillerson in hearings, Bangladesh tests ‘swarm electrification,’ and more news of the week in climate and clean energy.
Washington State's climate leadership: prospects and priorities
Climate action at the state and local level has never been more important than now.
Trump appointments signal hard line on climate denial
Samoan island to be 100% solar powered, sea level rise starting to affect coastal Florida real estate prices, clean energy gets small-town support, and more news of the week in climate and clean energy.