- Momentum—Six months of accelerating solutions
by Gregg Small on
The first six months of 2016 were perhaps the most productive of our entire 18 year history. Here's a mid-year update, and a look at what's coming in the second six.
- Shifting Gears from Dirty Diesel to Cleaner Air with the VW Settlement
by Meredith Connolly on
Oregon has the highest per-capita ownership of emissions-cheating Volkswagens in the U.S. Now the state plans to spend some of the settlement money to clean up diesel and reduce emissions for real.
- North American grid to be 50% carbon-free by 2025
by Seth Zuckerman on
Solar prices fall 8 percent in first half of 2016, Oakland rejects coal export proposal, California plans for a future without baseload power plants, and more news of the week in climate and clean energy.
- Kids are key to our climate future
by Savitha Reddy Pathi on
Thanks to St. Thomas School for supporting us through your 2016 Walkathon. When we visited to talk climate with you, you inspired us.
- Oil trains: Murphy's Law on rails
by Caleb Smith on
Each week, some 60 million gallons of highly volatile Bakken crude oil speeds across the Pacific Northwest, in mile-long trains that pass along our waterways and through our cities and towns. What could possibly go wrong?
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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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