Last week, Governor Kotek signed two bills into law, HB 2065 and HB 2066, which will create a process for developing community-owned microgrids. Microgrids are a key part of Oregon’s decarbonization and energy resiliency goals. But their development has been hampered by technical and regulatory challenges. What are microgrids, why has building them been challenging, and how does this legislation help?
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What does equitable internet access have to do with climate?
Bridging the digital divide, EVs keep accelerating, fossil fuel dirty deeds, and spreading climate hope.
Why Oregon’s climate progress is good, but still not enough
If you’re like me, you’ve seen a LOT of studies released about the increasingly dire state of our climate, what’s to come if we do not cut pollution, and how much pollution we need to cut by when.
Use your voice to add solutions to the news coverage
Worsening climate impacts have dominated news coverage. But do you know what’s been largely missing? What we can do about it.
What can we do about climate silence?
There's nowhere in the country where people are talking about climate with others on a regular basis. That needs to change.
Facebook: stop giving climate deniers a pass
Facebook has been preventing its own fact-checkers from flagging climate disinformation in users' news feeds. That's wildly irresponsible.
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