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We've got momentum

by Gregg Small on

Events in 2015 created so much momentum for the fight to stop global warming, and the first weeks of 2016 proved no different. Here's what Climate Solutions and our allies are doing to maintain course and speed towards a clean energy future.

With your help, a Coal-free Oregon is possible

by Kristen Sheeran on

This month—with your help—the Oregon Legislature can decide to completely phase out coal, and to double the amount of renewable energy in our state’s power grid.

Five Stories to Watch in the Arch Coal Bankruptcy

by Clark Williams-Derry on

This article was originally published by Sightline Institute. It is reprinted here with permission.

Washington BlueGreen Alliance

by KC Golden on

The Washington BlueGreen Alliance (BGA) is helping Washington turns its environmental challenges into economic opportunities.  With active participation from many of the state’s largest unions and environmental organizations, BGA of Washington works on projects ranging from funding energy efficiency upgrades in public facilities to Bellingham Waterfront redevelopment, to trade policy.

Solar, wind poised to grow—provided policies endure

by Seth Zuckerman on

General Electric retires compact fluorescent in favor of LEDs, coal mines go begging for buyers, California maintains net metering rules, and more news of the week in clean energy solutions.

Ceres Clean Trillion

by Eileen V. Quigley on

Ceres is a Boston-based, 25-year-old nonprofit organization advocating for sustainability leadership by mobilizing a powerful network of investors, companies, and public interest groups to accelerate and expand the adoption of sustainable business practices and solutions to build a healthy global economy.

Step by step towards a clean-energy future

by Vlad Gutman-Britten on

With the Washington State Legislature's 2016 session underway, Climate Solutions is working to decarbonize our state’s power grid, to cap climate-harming emissions, and to protect clean-energy gains that our state has made already.

First out of the gate: Oregon poised for climate action

by Kristen Sheeran on

Oregon’s Legislature may be headed into a short session next week, but the agenda for climate and clean energy is nothing short of completely impressive. Only two months after the historic Paris Agreement on climate change, Oregon is poised to be the first state out of the gate to heed the call to action.

Union of Concerned Scientists

by Eileen V. Quigley on

Scientists and students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology founded the Union of Concerned Scientists at the height of the Vietnam war when serious pollution caused Cleveland’s Cuyahoga River to catch on fire. The founding scientists called for scientific research to be shifted from military technologies to solve environmental and social problems.

Indian PV auction settles at lower price than coal power

by Seth Zuckerman on

China overtakes Germany as country with most solar power, energy bill heads for Senate floor, bonds backed by rooftop solar earn an investment-grade rating, and more news of the week in clean energy solutions.

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