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Washington joins two other states in requiring assessment of climate risk
This move will allow regulators to better understand the ways climate change and extreme weather events are impacting insurers and make certain that best practices for dealing with climate change are being shared amongst insurance companies.
Super-cool biocarbon tracking tool
This cool, new map-based web tool illustrates biocarbon resources around the world.
Northwest a step closer to becoming a center of advanced biofuels production
The Northwest has taken another step to become a center of advanced biofuels production, with a $232.5 million USDA loan guarantee to ZeaChem to build a biorefinery at Boardman, Oregon.
Jackson Doubles Down on Clean Energy
Administrator Jackson is refreshing, smart, candid and compelling – a real person who is taking on some of the toughest challenges in the country (and suffering some of the most vicious attacks from the fossil fuel lobby).
Farm-to-Fly report signifies milestone
Unlike other biofuel sectors, where producers are the prime impetus for development, the aviation industry is driving green jet fuels from the consumer demand side.
I can use the words ‘good’ and ‘politician’ together in the same sentence
Gov. Brown manages to resonate with core values of both the conservative and the progressive in me. Workable solutions to our greatest challenges will make ‘common sense,’ from our various perspectives – and pull us together, up out of the muck of stale political rivalries.
2012 - Which way will we go?
We view 2012 as fundamentally about drawing the line in the sand about fossil fuels through some very high profile issues: the Keystone XL Pipeline, fossil fuel subsidies, coal exports off the West Coast and hydraulic fracking.
Keystone keelhauled. Go team!
Read it as you will, but the Keystone drama proves at least this much: passionate, courageous people can quickly and significantly change the game. And when they do, leaders take heart.
Unpave paradise, get rid of the parking lots
There are thousands of square miles in our country that we might convert from lifeless pavement to something better.
Why did the elephant wear a green felt hat?
It’s hardly surprising that the coal industry would want to conceal the nature and immensity of its export schemes. Once folks know what they’re really up to, they’ll have the thankless task of convincing us that we’ll be better off letting our communities become conveyor belts and launching platforms for an epic expansion of global fossil fuel trafficking.
2011 was a year for gaining ground on Northwest clean-energy projects
Energy projects on farms and rural businesses are helping to drive local economic recovery. This past year we saw steady progress in moving beyond policy debates and “proof of concept” installations to real practical and profitable clean-energy project.
Less coal in our stockings?
The U.S. EPA’s announcement of new standards for mercury is a "really big deal." In the Northwest, coal emissions from China are already the single biggest source of mercury pollution. With increased coal-burning in Asia, that would be a lot more mercury and carbon pollution in our air.
We don’t have to choose between jobs and clean air
Investments driven by the EPA’s two new air quality rules will create nearly 1.5 million jobs, or nearly 300,000 jobs a year on average over the next five years – and at a critical moment for a struggling economy.
Mapping carbon sequestration potential across the nation
“This is truly groundbreaking research that, for the first time, takes a landscape-level look at how our lands naturally store carbon and explores how we can encourage this capability in ways that enhance our stewardship of natural resources,” said Deputy Secretary of the Interior David J. Hayes.
Top Northwest companies lead in taking climate friendly actions
Northwest leaders Nike, Starbucks and Microsoft were recognized last week as the companies in their sectors that were doing the most to increase sustainability and address climate change.
Durban Resets Expectations
Like a lot of people attending the climate negotiations in Durban, I assumed that whatever emerged would be little more the thin gruel, tasteless and unfulfilling. Instead, the nations of the world have taken a remarkable step forward --though there is a lot left on the table.
Progress in Durban: Fits and Starts
The negotiations in Durban are more than merely government-to-government negotiations -- they are a powerful combination and probably the only way to counter the overwhelming focus on the fossil fuel industry lobby in spreading misinformation.
Energy Efficiency: A core climate solution
Increasing the efficiency of the nation’s buildings is a core climate solution. That’s why we were thrilled this morning to read about the announcement by Presidents Obama and Clinton of a new $4 billion program targeted at energy efficiency upgrades in public and private sector buildings over the next two years.
Reflection and thanks giving
My six-month anniversary at Climate Solutions and as member of the Business Partnership team coincides with Thanksgiving this year. What a great opportunity to stop and look back on all that we have accomplished in our work to build a clean economy future and to give thanks to some of those who have helped us in so many ways .
Grateful Bill Gates calls for government investment in energy innovation at the same scale as defense and health
I'm thankful Bill Gates stepped up on the soap-box to ask the US government to lend a hand in accelerating the transformation to energy independence based on renewable power.
