Stand up to big oil in Washington State
Together we can protect our communities from oil trains and oil spills. Washington residents, please contact your legislator asking them to support this important bill!
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Ceres Conference 2015
Change is afoot—from the historic U.S./China climate change agreement, to the shifting power dynamic in Washington, to the plummeting price of solar power. The time is ripe for creative disruption, for building new alliances, seizing new technologies and innovating new business models to tackle the world’s sustainability challenges.
Climate action: unstoppable
On Tuesday, hearing rooms at the State Capitol in Olympia were overflowing with people waiting to tell legislators that it's time for climate action. Join us this Saturday in Olympia or Seattle to learn more about proposed climate legislation in WA.
Coalition calls on Port to halt Shell arctic drilling
A joint statement from Earthjustice, Climate Solutions and 350 Seattle:
Living Future UnConference
The time for “Do less harm” has passed. It’s time for the beginning of being; the beginning of a Living Future. Join us next April for Living Future 2015. We’ll explore a genuine sense of place and community as the bellwether of truly restorative design.
Price of solar hits new low, cities prep for higher tides
Copenhagen neighborhood re-engineered for high water, new day-and-night solar plant on line in California desert, “Uber for trucks” makes freight transport more efficient, and more news of the week in clean energy solutions.
Who's a polluter? This answer fails the smell test
State Sen. Schoesler is very concerned that UW and WSU might have to pay for their carbon emissions under the Governor's carbon reduction plan. But his crocodile tears are a distraction from the real polluters–fossil fuel companies who are dumping huge amounts of waste gases into our air.
Game on for Bold Climate Action
In December 2014, 37 local elected leaders from across Washington State sent a clear statement of support for bold state action on climate change and clean energy. New Energy Cities is helping local officials advance clean energy in the 2015 state legislative session.
How we can win: the promise of progress
2015 is shaping up to be a year of potentially significant progress on climate change and clean energy. And nowhere in our country is the promise of action greater than here on the West Coast,
Carbon markets expand, cheap oil reshuffles deck
Solar jobs up 22 percent last year, carbon market comes to South Korea, fossil-free Danish island inspires Maine utilities, and more stories of the week in clean energy solutions.