We’ve done a lot in Washington to advance our efforts to cut toxic air pollution, provide more options for efficient, clean energy, and create good in-state jobs. We know Washington voters want climate action—we’re coming off an incredible victory in 2024 by defeating I-2117 to protect the Climate Commitment Act.
Our Legislative work in 2025 will zero in on more ways we can continue to go big and reduce our climate pollution by half within the next five years. Addressing climate change has always been an enormous challenge, but our wins in Washington demonstrate that we can and we must keep building on our progress.
We’re also working with the Environmental Priorities Coalition. You can read more about those priorities here.
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Yes, 2017 was an awful year in many ways. But it was also a year of transition for climate action. We and many others affirmed our ability…
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Our annual dinner with Kate Gordon in Portland this week laid the groundwork for a season of effective climate action in Oregon and Washington.
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Devastation in Puerto Rico, a major win against coal, hope, frustration, and more in our climate and clean energy news roundup.
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Puget Sound Energy announced a tentative agreement that will help them transition away from using dirty coal power in the next decade.
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We're gaining momentum towards 100% clean energy. Here's how we're laying the groundwork, and what comes next.
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For the first time in our history, Washington may fail to pass a capital construction budget. Billions of dollars of investments in clean energy,…
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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…
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Good news: grassroots advocacy paid off; Governor Inslee rejected the state legislature’s proposal to subsidize a fossil fuel gas plant in…
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Tell the Governor now: Investing in new fossil gas is a recipe for climate disaster and runs counter to a vision of a 100% clean future that…
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Coal kills more people annually than it employs, Nevada restores solar net-metering, Los Angeles tests subsidized electric-car-sharing in low-…
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Following Portland and Multnomah County, our region can and will lead the way towards 100% clean energy.
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Teardown of Chevy Bolt reveals it costs $4,600 less to manufacture than analysts had thought, climate action prevails at two shareholder…
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Tesla starts taking orders for solar roofing, Green Party may hold balance of power over BC fossil projects, GOP fails to reverse Obama-era…
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Climate advocates join business leaders to celebrate a sensible expansion of subsidies for low-carbon and zero-carbon driving options.
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Washington must address the climate pollution that comes from our largest source of it—transportation.
Washington Senate Democrats allowed the most significant climate policy proposal this year—the Clean Fuel Standard—to languish and die.
Washington Senate Democrats handed veto power to a small minority of its caucus, and failed to take action to cut transportation pollution—ignoring a priority of 66% of WA voters
Efforts to make available cleaner transportation fuels in Washington State move forward as bill passes out of a key Senate committee
For climate progress and clean energy, here's where things stand with less than three weeks remaining in Washington’s legislative session.
Tailpipe exhaust is responsible for nearly half of Washington state’s climate and air pollution--call it a sin of emission. We can reverse the trend by passing a Clean Fuel Standard--just as Oregon, California and BC have already done.
Over the course of a quick eight weeks, Washington lawmakers will consider hundreds of proposals. Here are five climate bills we need to keep top priority on their agenda.
What it's like to read climate news every day: some days, it’s inspiring. Other days, it weighs heavy on the heart.
