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Oregon’s 2026 legislative recap: A defend-and-deliver moment that left climate behind
Explore Oregon's 2026 legislative wins and the lessons learned from the climate policies that fell short. It highlights the missed opportunities for lower energy bills while looking ahead at the work needed to build a more resilient state in 2027.
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Solar, wind poised to grow—provided policies endure

By: Seth Zuckerman on

General Electric retires compact fluorescent in favor of LEDs, coal mines go begging for buyers, California maintains net metering rules, and more news of the week in clean energy solutions.

Step by step towards a clean-energy future

By: Vlad Gutman-Britten on

With the Washington State Legislature's 2016 session underway, Climate Solutions is working to decarbonize our state’s power grid, to cap climate-harming emissions, and to protect clean-energy gains that our state has made already.

First out of the gate: Oregon poised for climate action

By: Kristen Sheeran on

Oregon’s Legislature may be headed into a short session next week, but the agenda for climate and clean energy is nothing short of completely impressive. Only two months after the historic Paris Agreement on climate change, Oregon is poised to be the first state out of the gate to heed the call to action.

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Indian PV auction settles at lower price than coal power

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China overtakes Germany as country with most solar power, energy bill heads for Senate floor, bonds backed by rooftop solar earn an investment-grade rating, and more news of the week in clean energy solutions.

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US solar jobs top 200,000; feds halt new coal leasing

By: Seth Zuckerman on

Global investment in renewables hits $329 B record in 2015; oil-train activists offer defense of necessity; utility-scale solar costs drop 17% in a year; and more news of the week in clean energy solutions.

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OR deal to phase out coal, double renewable power

By: Seth Zuckerman on

Solar supplies nearly 10 percent of California’s power in 2015, GM rolls out mass-market electric car with 200-mile range, NASA tests more efficient aircraft propulsion, and more news of the week in clean energy solutions.

Energy storage displacing new fossil gas plants

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Indian microfinance brings solar energy to off-grid villages and slums, Eugene tests microgrids powered by PVs, the ‘rebound effect’ is smaller than previously reported, and more news of the week in clean energy solutions. 

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Budget bill renews federal tax credits for solar & wind

By: Seth Zuckerman on

California regulators to preserve net metering, Australian mine converted to solar farm, ten of gigawatts of new solar and wind expected thanks to tax credit extension, and more news of the week in clean energy solutions.

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Diplomats make progress toward climate pact in Paris

By: Seth Zuckerman on

Global climate pollution bends downward, negotiators lean toward a 1.5˚C warming goal, Financial Standards Board to require that firms disclose their carbon risk, and more news of the week in clean energy solutions.

The Urban Clean Energy Revolution

By: Elizabeth Willmott on

The Urban Clean Energy Revolution report details the state of play of low-carbon cities and describes a rich array of best practices and examples of urban clean energy innovation and carbon reduction.

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How Carbon Pricing Built the Clean Energy Industry in Denmark

As a part of an international climate and energy actionable knowledge exchange, i-SUSTAIN is gathering together experts from Denmark, Sweden and Washington state in Olympia and Seattle from April 11-12, 2016. The April convening focuses on district energy and combined heat and power, with this bi-directional knowledge exchange on climate and energy continuing in 2016 with other key action areas.

An open-to-the-public meeting with the delegates is being offered in Olympia (April 11th) and Seattle (April 12th):

WWU 2016 Energy Symposium

On April 19, 2016 the Western Washington University Institute for Energy Studies will be holding its first Energy Symposium.  Students, faculty, and invited experts in the field of energy will be joining together on Western's campus for presentations, lively panel discussions, student poster sessions, and networking. Space is limited. Register now.

Oregon Solar Energy Conference and Nissan Leaf Raffle

The Oregon Solar Energy Conference (OSEC) provides the perfect venue for experienced solar professionals and those new to the industry to sharpen their skills, sell more installations, earn continuing education units, and network with other professionals.  OSEIA is fundraising for long-term solar support in Oregon by selling raffle tickets for an Electric Vehicle (EV), a 2015 Nissan Leaf SL.