Oregon charging ahead for clean energy
Clean energy advocates in Oregon strategize for progress on electrical grid and EVs. Meanwhile, US banks are investing in climate chaos.
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Oregon charging ahead for clean energy
Clean energy advocates in Oregon strategize for progress on electrical grid and EVs. Meanwhile, US banks are investing in climate chaos.
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.
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.
Is Oregon's clean energy transition on track?
Join our discussion exploring what powers our energy system today, where the trends are headed, and it all means for an energy-smart, climate-safe future for Oregon.
High hopes and great expectations: a political shift on climate
Washington's legislative session begins. So does the Biden administration.
Oregon's Environmental Quality Commission chooses industry over communities to develop air pollution regulations
The EQC has decided to stack the cap-and-reduce rulemaking advisory committee with fossil fuel and big business interests.
Here's your clean energy team for 2021
Biden's climate picks bring experience, grit and a focus on environmental justice. Plus: Who the gas industry is targeting now, and climate book recommendations for the holidays!
The surprising economics behind going all-electric (hint, the numbers are pretty good)
So far our blog series on clean, all-electric buildings has shown how we can reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and improve our health and safety, but what about the economic impacts?
