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What part of "no more coal" doesn't Trump understand?

Washington State is so over coal. We banned it from our power plants, from our ports—and from our air and water. The Trump administration's heavy-handed attempt to keep coal alive in the Northwest is backward-looking and unlawful. That's why we're fighting back.

Coal

Climate pledges fall short; activists swarm coal mine

By: Seth Zuckerman on August 17, 2015

Solar prices dropping, global temperatures rising, wind farms producing more energy for every megawatt of capacity, and more news of the week in clean energy solutions.

Will you stand with the Lummi Nation against coal exports?

By: Joëlle Robinson on August 13, 2015

Please tell the Army Corps of Engineers to uphold their treaty rights, and make a quick decision to stop North America's largest coal export terminal.

Kiwis go coal-free by 2018; Ikea to carry only LED bulbs

By: Seth Zuckerman on August 10, 2015

Canadian candidates debate climate; Brazil’s oil company in multi-billion-dollar corruption scandal; German solar power outdoes its nuke plants; and more stories of the week in clean energy solutions.

Arch Coal falters, along with its hopes for coal export through the Northwest

By: Ross Macfarlane on August 5, 2015

The US coal industry dreams of finding a lifeline in exporting to Asia. But the markets have spoken, and are saying little in support of that fantasy.

Final Clean Power rules tougher, less friendly to gas

By: Seth Zuckerman on August 3, 2015

Second-largest U.S. coal company files for bankruptcy, small businesses can finance solar arrays on their property tax bills, UPS aims for 12 percent renewable fuel by 2017, and more news of the week in clean energy solutions.

Getting the Job Done

By: Eileen V. Quigley on July 30, 2015

State, regional, and city government leaders are not fiddling while the planet burns. Instead, they are demonstrating the pathways to a low-carbon future.

NE profits from carbon cap, King Coal's fall continues

By: Seth Zuckerman on July 20, 2015

Japan pledges 26 percent cut in climate pollution, Consumer Reports endorses the used Nissan Leaf, “yieldcos” offer key financing for solar projects, and more news of the week in clean energy solutions.

A Little Something for Everyone to Hate

By: Erik Gonzales-Kramer on July 13, 2015

As new terminal proposals threaten to increase rail transport of coal, Bakken shale and tar sands oil across Washington State, Spokane finds itself at a dangerous choke point.

Remembering Lac-Mégantic—and other tragedies of our dependence on oil

By: Jonathan Lawson on July 6, 2015

It's been two years since the lethal Lac-Mégantic oil train catastrophe that killed 47 people. With oil-by-rail traffic hugely expanding through our own region—dozens of mile-long oil trains every day—future accidents would seem to be a certainty. This can't remain business as usual.