Climate leadership: Tacoma sets a high bar
Tacoma's City Council endorsed I-1631 and an impressive list of clean energy commitments.
Oregon’s Climate Protection Program protects our health, cuts pollution from the state’s largest emitters, and helps shield families from rising energy costs. Big oil and gas are once again suing in court to avoid accountability. We’re committed to defending this program and ensuring a safe, healthy, affordable Oregon for today and future generations.
Climate change
2017: The highlights were pretty bright
Yes, 2017 was an awful year in many ways. But it was also a year of transition for climate action. We and many others affirmed our ability to make progress at the speed and scale our climate crisis demands.
The setting: climate crisis. The story: clean energy on the rise.
As we mark the second anniversary of the Paris climate accord, US cities and states are maintaining momentum to do our part for emissions reduction.
Oregon Governor takes significant step to reduce climate pollution from buildings
Oregon Governor Brown's recent executive order calls for energy efficient design in new buildings that will save people money on utility bills and make a big difference in reducing the building sector’s contribution to the climate crisis.
Don't talk climate turkey with your denier dad!
This holiday, try to talk climate with your concerned cousin in the kitchen.
Mainstreaming climate risk... and clean energy opportunity
Our annual dinner with Kate Gordon in Portland this week laid the groundwork for a season of effective climate action in Oregon and Washington.
Will we always (or ever) have Paris?
This just in, re. the Paris climate agreement: US businesses, civil society, state and local governments, and in fact the United States itself, are all Still In.
World: On we go, Trumplessly
The Trump administration's fossil-fueled presence in Bonn seems mainly focused on flipping the bird at the rest of the world. But the world seems determined to press ahead on climate–possibly more so in spite of Trump's intransigence.
Home Runs 4 Hurricane Recovery? Let's bill the perps instead
Let’s get real, baseball fans. We need a serious federal commitment to short-term and long-term recovery.
When your house is on fire
Of course, none of us think of ourselves as climate deniers. But something makes us flinch from bad news, hard conversations, and uncomfortable conclusions.
The climate of coverage: news media on climate consequences
We 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.
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