Can Congress get real on clean energy?
Climate advocates put pressure on lawmakers as western states suffer drought and extreme heat
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2021 Washington climate wins are real
Our hard-won, 2021 legislative wins on climate are motivated by the idea that tackling the climate crisis can help us create good jobs, it must advance the cause of racial justice, and it must begin to redress past harms and prevent future ones.
Washington State officially enters a new phase of climate action
Washington State enters a new climate action phase, Oregon's EV incentives get a boost, and fossil fuels are declared incompatible with a healthy future.
Help us get Oregon's latest push for EVs across the finish line!
We need your help now to get these important bills across the finish line this session and get more EVs on our roads. But the work won’t stop there.
One year ago...
It was a year ago this week that the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic.
Fire and Ice: How Oregon’s past year makes clear we need 100% clean electricity
Oregon continues to pump out more climate pollution every year, but we can pass 100% Clean right now to lay the foundation for a clean energy-based economy.
Powering up Oregon's EV adoption rates
Ensuring that the future of Oregon’s transportation is electric—not burning fossil fuels—is critical for cleaning up our air and for achieving our state’s climate goals.
Sleuthing for truth during power outages
Photos of an ice-coated Texas wind turbine were weaponized as supposed "evidence" that renewables were to blame for widespread power outages.
2021: Action time for climate in the Oregon Legislature
As the historic wildfires that devastated Oregon last September and the most recent ice storms make clear, climate chaos is here and harming Oregon’s communities and well-being now.
A climate protection plan that exempts gas power plants(?!)
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has proposed exempting the state's fossil gas power plants from their Climate Protection Program. This cannot stand.
High hopes and great expectations: a political shift on climate
Washington's legislative session begins. So does the Biden administration.
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