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Urge Multnomah County to build 100% clean energy-powered libraries

by Jonathan Lee on

Multnomah County voters recently approved $387 million in library construction bonds. Let's ensure this new building is 100% clean and fossil free.

ClimateCast: A secret antidote to 2020's triple crises?

by Jonathan Lawson on

In this issue of Climate Cast: Mapping climate, racism, and pandemic impacts, Biden's climate plans, and solar's continued rise.

Pollution is coming… from inside the house

by Deepa Sivarajan on

Washington and Oregon can do better to protect residents by creating clean, safe, all-electric buildings. In this second part of our blog series on all-electric buildings, we outline the health and safety risks of using gas, and detail how all-electric buildings can be the climate and health solution we need.

The Path Forward on Climate Change in the Northwest

by Gregg Small on

Is there room for climate action in the coming year, given all our other challenges? You bet there is. (We're also looking back—read our Climate Action Report 2020!)

Paris! we just can't leave you

by Jonathan Lawson on

Clean energy advances through local elections We need national and international action to fight climate change, but states and cities have also been a critical piece of the solution.

So that was the election. What now for climate?

by Gregg Small on

The first in a series of articles on the election and what it means for climate action, especially in the Northwest.

The Election arrives, along with a climate clock countdown

by Jonathan Lawson on

Climate voters vote, with candidates' positions on climate and clean energy playing a significant role in many races.

Mayor Mark Gamba on Measure 26-218 and local climate action

by Jonathan Lee on

We recently interviewed Mark Gamba, Mayor of Milwaukie, Oregon, about the Let’s Get Moving 2020 ballot measure, the transportation improvements he’s most excited about, and the growth opportunities for our region in the decades to come.

The case for clean, safe, and all-electric buildings

by Deepa Sivarajan on

Washington and Oregon need to join the movement towards clean, safe, all-electric buildings—and we need to do it soon. Look out for more information on the case for all-electric buildings and the policy solutions that can get us there in the Northwest.

Much ado about climate in November

by Jonathan Lawson on

With only a few weeks left until the November 3rd election, there’s much ado in the media’s climate coverage about what a Biden presidency might do for clean energy and how it could be “history making” for efforts to address climate change in the US.

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“The clock is no longer just ticking, it is banging”

What does Kamala Harris' candidacy mean for the future of American clean energy and climate action? Plus: checking in on the successes of the federal IRA and Washington State's Climate Commitment Act