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Oregon’s Climate Wins in the 2023 Legislative Session

We saw success despite a challenging legislative environment that included a minority of Senators leading the longest walkout in Oregon’s history. Because the legislative calendar was down to the wire, many climate and clean energy bills were combined into two omnibus bills...

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Momentum is growing for states and regions to achieve 100% fossil-free energy grids--dramatically reducing carbon emissions and climate risk. But in the Northwest, as elsewhere, the largest source of carbon pollution is not electricity generation--it's our transportation sector. Industry and the infrastructure for buildings are also large emitters of greenhouse gases. That's why it is vital for us to shift as many of these energy uses as we can from fossil fuels to clean electricity—and to do so as quickly as we are able.

Showing the utility of electric transportation

by Kelly Hall on July 12, 2017

With a clean power grid, electric transportation can be a huge climate solution. How huge is limited only by our imagination—and whether our power utilities will rise to embrace a vision of a clean-energy transportation future.

Cully neighborhood test drives electric car sharing

by Mara Gross on March 30, 2017

Last week, Drive Oregon kicked off an EV pilot project that makes three electric cars available to Hacienda CDC and community members in Portland's diverse Cully neighborhood.

Zero emissions: this is the bus for us

by KC Golden on January 12, 2017

The “tyranny of oil” may get a new foothold in our nation’s foreign policy, if Rex Tillerson is confirmed as Secretary of State. But it’s losing its grip on our transportation systems, as more EVs hit the mass market—including a major investment in electric buses right here in King County.

Surging Ahead to Electrify Oregon’s Transportation Sector

by Meredith Connolly on July 26, 2016

With new electric buses coming to two of Oregon's transit systems, we're reminded that modernizing our transportation system means thinking bigger than just electric cars, to electric public transit, freight, tug boats, and more.

Why Electric Vehicles are a Climate Solution

by Seth Zuckerman on March 25, 2016

Climate Solutions looks at the climate promise of electric vehicles, and what it would take for EVs to play a significant role in decarbonizing the Northwest’s economy.

What Weighs 27,000 Pounds and is Cleaner than a Prius?

by Vlad Gutman-Britten on March 9, 2016

King County is extending its long record of leadership on clean public transit. But it's not content simply to be number one on reducing emissions; it's working to be number ZERO.

The future is now for zero-emissions driving

by Bridget Mohan Flanagan on December 9, 2015

Seattle is at the leading edge of a great and challenging shift, decoupling transportation from fossil fuel consumption. Electric vehicles will continue to displace gas-powered cars as long as prices drop and charging infrastructure expands to meet the demand. NRG EVgo is part of the push to get 3.3 million EVs on the road by 2025.

EV tax incentives: good for Washington's economy

by Marlyn Twitchell on March 17, 2015

As the Washington State Legislature struggles to balance its budget, tax exemptions are rightfully receiving scrutiny. But here’s one that pays for itself and thus should be a no-brainer: the electric vehicle tax sales exemption. Why? It's worth $68 million to the state’s economy over the next 16 years.