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Thousand-year dreaming: floods tell a climate story

by Derek Hoshiko and Erika Lundahl on

Even as drought and wildfire threaten agriculture, wildlife and air quality, other regions across North America are suffering the effects and aftereffects of intense flooding. As with wildfire, extreme flooding is also a story we must tell in the context of human-caused climate damage.

US & China ratify Paris pact, Dakota oil protest heats up

by Seth Zuckerman on

Grid in the eastern US could accommodate 30% renewable power, ‘sunny day’ coastal flooding already commonplace, UN body drafts rules to limit airline emissions, and more news of the week in climate and clean energy.

If the planet were a bank, we would have saved it already

by Jeff Johnson on

We know that we must transition away from fossil fuels, for the sake of our climate and our future. But we also have a responsibility to make sure that during the transition, workers and vulnerable communities are not left behind. That's why working people are standing up for a Just Transition. 

Cut climate pollution 40% by 2030? CA: “Yes, we will!”

by Seth Zuckerman on

Lummi bring totem pole to Sioux pipeline protest, sea-level rise may claim 1.9 million US homes by 2100, EV is to internal combustion as cell is to landline, and more news of the week in climate and clean energy. 

Solar marks new low price, US gets first offshore wind

by Seth Zuckerman on

US finalizes fuel economy standards for big trucks, Louisiana floods made more likely by global warming, Washington rolls out smart grid pilot projects, and more news of the week in climate and clean energy.

Cloud Mother

by Jonathan Lawson on

An art installation at Seattle’s Arts in Nature Festival takes a loving and optimistic look at the natural basis for our climate stability: clouds, rain, and the water cycle.

Oil trains: not just unsafe. Unnecessary.

by KC Golden and Eileen V. Quigley on

Will it be hard to transition completely from oil to clean energy? Yes. But it’s well within our reach.

Solar power rates rattled, China’s coal use has peaked

by Seth Zuckerman on

New York passes 50% RPS and billion-dollar nuclear subsidy, Ford to test self-driving vehicles on MIT campus, Sierra Club to retire 53-million-ton coal deposit, and more news of the week in climate and clean energy.

Surging Ahead to Electrify Oregon’s Transportation Sector

by Meredith Connolly on

With new electric buses coming to two of Oregon's transit systems, we're reminded that modernizing our transportation system means thinking bigger than just electric cars, to electric public transit, freight, tug boats, and more. 

Hawaii nixes power merger, rejecting BC’s LNG exports

by Seth Zuckerman on

World nears pact to phase out climate- destabilizing refrigerants, US offers $4.5 billion in loan guarantees for EV charging, 18 GW of pumped hydro storage in pipeline, and more news of the week in climate and clean energy.

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This fall, the Northwest won big on climate action

Despite a bleak outlook for climate action nationally, the people of the Pacific Northwest showed up in a big way this November, demonstrating that when communities get organized and work together for a healthier future, we can accomplish remarkable victories.