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We, too, now live in a part of the world in which climate change, and its threats to our health and security, are an entirely personal matter.
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The aftermath of storm Harvey, everyone agrees on the importance of cutting pollution, climate threats to agriculture, and more of the latest in climate and clean energy news.
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Let's help victims of recent flooding--and let's understand Harvey as a particularly urgent warning of crises ahead.
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A worldwide whirlwind of renewable power; solutions in the Northwest; the electric revolution, and more of the latest news on climate and clean energy
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In another step toward a 100% clean energy future in the Northwest, the Oregon Public Utility Commission rejected Portland General Electric’s proposal for new fracked gas plants.
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(Salem, OR) – Today, the Oregon Public Utilities Commission (PUC) did not acknowledge plans by Portland General Electric (PGE) to build two new power plants that burn fracked gas at the Carty Generating Station near the site of a retiring coal-fired power plant in Boardman, OR.
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When willl big oil begin its last breath? The good, the bad and the downright ugly in climate and clean energy in this week's ClimateCast.
by Joëlle Robinson on
Fossil fuel gas is not really a "bridge fuel" that takes us where we need to go.
by Devon Downeysmith on
From ranchers blocking Keystone with solar, to counties suing big oil over sea level rise, grassroots action to protect the climate and our communities.
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Oregon’s 2017 legislative session goes down as a mixed bag for climate and clean energy. We stopped a major rollback and secured funding for transportation, but with global warming already harming our health, economy, and natural systems –that's just not good enough.
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