THe long-awaited new IPCC climate report is out this week. It includes good news as well as very bad news.

A federal "down payment" on climate (?), green hydrogen, and a note on this summer's extreme heat 

Climate advocates put pressure on lawmakers as western states suffer drought and extreme heat

Last weekend's record-breaking heat dome has largely passed, but continues to wreak havoc with heat-related deaths, power outages and wildfires

TriMet doubles down on clean electricity, Keystone XL pipeline is cancelled, and carmakers up the ante on EVs.

Climate tailwinds in Oregon, Ford reigns EV, and Big Oil shakedown in this week's ClimateCast 

Washington State enters a new climate action phase, Oregon's EV incentives get a boost, and fossil fuels are declared incompatible with a healthy future.

Washington State doubles down on climate action, red meat lies, and building electrification on the rise 

Earth Day climate commitments, need for transparency in "climate-friendly banking", and the latest from WA/OR 

A federal about-face on environmental justice... progress on battery technology... and a new consideration of "implicit subsidies" for the fossil fuel industry