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In the quest for abundant clean energy in the PNW, markets matter
The way grids are operated—including building out transmission infrastructure in the necessary geographies where energy is needed, controlling flows, and handling…
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Amping Up: Electrifying Oregon’s Heavy Trucks for a Cleaner Future
There’s no way around it; we cannot meet our air quality and climate goals without retiring the existing fleet of diesel-powered medium- and heavy-duty trucks. Zero-…
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Oregon is worth defending! Submit Public Comment for the Climate Protection Program Today
It’s time! It’s time for us to protect and strengthen Oregon’s landmark Climate Protection Program (CPP)! You can help by sharing your thoughts about the importance of…
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Cutting the high cost of urban shade
Urban heat islands are caused by too many buildings and not enough green space. Accordingly, a natural solution is to add greenery back into cities.
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Clean energy offers resilience in the face of extreme heat
Extreme heat events like this are a dramatic example of the dangers of burning fossil fuels. We need clean energy solutions that protect our climate AND our communities.
  • Ecoroof
    The business case for greening our cities

    by Rhys Roth on

    We know ‘green infrastructure’ can provide low-cost solutions for communities to better handle those big pulses of water gushing over roads and into pipes when the big rains come… and we know greening our cities is good for biocarbon and for the human spirit. 

  • Discovering Renewable Energy

    by Bobby Hayden on

    How can students design and implement real world solutions to discover the power and the possibility of renewable energy as a career?

  • Reclaiming Waste Energy
    Reclaiming Waste Energy

    by Bobby Hayden on

    Through public-private partnerships, the City of Bremerton's Public Utilities department was able to quickly upgrade their wastewater facility to run more efficiently and save the City money.

  • Cedar Grove
    Garbage Gone Green

    by Bobby Hayden on

    How a family-owned composting business transforms the Northwest garbage industry, captures carbon, changes consumer behavior and creates jobs.

  • Old Growth Forest, Oswald West State Park, Oregon. Photo by David Patte/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
    Ecosystems capacity to store carbon in future depends on emissions reductions now

    by Patrick Mazza on

    How much carbon is stored in natural systems of the continental western US?  How much will be stored in future decades? A new US Geological Service survey provides some sobering answers.

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