by Mara Gross on August 9, 2017

(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.

by Devon Downeysmith on August 8, 2017

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 August 3, 2017

Fossil fuel gas is not really a "bridge fuel" that takes us where we need to go.

by Devon Downeysmith on July 25, 2017

From ranchers blocking Keystone with solar, to counties suing big oil over sea level rise, grassroots action to protect the climate and our communities. 

by David Van't Hof on July 19, 2017

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.   

by Vlad Gutman-Britten on July 18, 2017

For the first time in our history, Washington may fail to pass a capital construction budget. Billions of dollars of investments in clean energy, forest fire prevention, water security, school construction and so much more is at stake.

by Kelly Hall on July 12, 2017

With a clean power grid, electric transportation can be a huge climate solution. How huge is limited only by our imagination—and whether our power utilities will rise to embrace a vision of a clean-energy transportation future.

by Devon Downeysmith on July 11, 2017

G20 leaders recommit to the road through Paris--with the US government on the sidelines for now. More bad news for oil, more promising economic signs for renewables, and more of the latest news on climate and clean energy.

by Vlad Gutman-Britten on July 7, 2017

Good news: grassroots advocacy paid off; Governor Inslee rejected the state legislature’s proposal to subsidize a fossil fuel gas plant in Washington. 

by Meredith Connolly on July 6, 2017

We’re breathing a sigh of relief. We succeeded in protecting Oregon's Clean Fuels Program from attacks by the fossil fuel industry, while also securing an important electric vehicles incentive.