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Taking out the trash just got cleaner and quieter

City of Roses (COR) Disposal & Recycling is making history as the first trash hauler in Portland to operate zero-emission electric garbage trucks.

The Climate Protection Program is back!

It’s official! Oregon renewed its commitment to address the climate crisis while helping to build a cleaner, healthier, and more resilient future for everyone. We did…

Lower bills AND less fossil fuel expansion? Yes, please!

The Oregon Public Utility Commission (PUC) recently delivered a significant victory for utility customers and the climate, requiring NW Natural Gas to end the charging…

Clean energy partnerships rising in Eastern Washington

Inspiring new clean energy projects are on the rise in Spokane, Tri-Cities, and Moses Lake. But a big challenge remains: accessing the clean electricity needed.

Oregon, it's time to get involved!

Are you wondering where you can engage in person? Look no further—four events are coming up that you should consider attending!

Coal in the Northwest: let's keep winning this fight
by Beth Doglio on September 24, 2014

There's no need for massive investments in coal export infrastructure; Let’s leave that in the past, build on recent victories, and commit to a future fueled by clean energy.
Making a little noise about the climate
by Kathleen Patton on September 24, 2014

Longview, Washington is a small community acutely aware of the threat coal export poses to our climate and to public health. That's why they took action with #PeoplesClimate.
Oregon's largest tech firms join call for climate action
by Carrie Hearne on September 23, 2014

More than 200 companies so far have joined the Oregon Business Climate Declaration's call for state action on climate, Signers so far include Intel, eBay, Symantec, Nike and Adidas.
“This is the end of the Fossil Fuel Era, the beginning of the Clean Energy Era.”
by KC Golden on September 22, 2014

The 400,000 People's Climate Marchers are right: the carbon bubble is beginning to pop. Coal is on the ropes, and those who have been resisting divestment are now kicking themselves for staying in too long. Oil and gas will lose their grip more slowly, but they will lose it.
Marchers pack NY streets; loud calls to price carbon
by Seth Zuckerman on September 22, 2014

Rockefeller family foundation to divest from the very fuels that built their fortune, U.S. Navy orders 100 million gallons of biofuels, novices build a wind generator from scratch, and more stories of the week in clean energy.