Reflecting on 25 years of creative advocacy and effective action on climate, and how our past victories prepare us for serious work ahead
From the sea to Standing Rock: NW tribes hold the line against fossil fuelsby Jessie Dye on
The Lummi Nation's coal export fight in Washington strongly parallels the Standing Rock Sioux's fight against an oil pipeline in North Dakota.
Thousand-year dreaming: floods tell a climate storyby Derek Hoshiko and Erika Lundahl on
Even as drought and wildfire threaten agriculture, wildlife and air quality, other regions across North America are suffering the effects and aftereffects of intense flooding. As with wildfire, extreme flooding is also a story we must tell in the context of human-caused climate damage.
US & China ratify Paris pact, Dakota oil protest heats upby Seth Zuckerman on
Grid in the eastern US could accommodate 30% renewable power, ‘sunny day’ coastal flooding already commonplace, UN body drafts rules to limit airline emissions, and more news of the week in climate and clean energy.
If the planet were a bank, we would have saved it alreadyby Jeff Johnson on
We know that we must transition away from fossil fuels, for the sake of our climate and our future. But we also have a responsibility to make sure that during the transition, workers and vulnerable communities are not left behind. That's why working people are standing up for a Just Transition.
Cut climate pollution 40% by 2030? CA: “Yes, we will!”by Seth Zuckerman on
Lummi bring totem pole to Sioux pipeline protest, sea-level rise may claim 1.9 million US homes by 2100, EV is to internal combustion as cell is to landline, and more news of the week in climate and clean energy.
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This fall, here's how we protect climate progress in Washington:
• Vote NO on I-2066
• Vote NO on I-2117
In Oregon:
• Support restoring the Climate Protection Program
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