The oil industry wants to protect their monopoly, and wash their hands of responsiblity for cleaning our air and protecting the climate. That's what's behind their proposed "replacement" for Oregon's Clean Fuels Program. Lawmakers shouldn't fall for it.
Portland is set to vote on the 2015 Climate Action Plan, an inspiring and historic vision for climate progress, economic prosperity, healthy communities and social equity in our region.
Oregon groups condemn deal giving Big Oil an EZ Pass while taxpayers get a toll road.
With Oregon legislators threatening to repeal the state's recently-enacted Clean Fuels program, and with no other signs of climate policy progress this legislative session, it is now more important than ever for businesses to join together in the call for action on climate,
In this real-life David versus Goliath story, we—all of us—scored an important victory against the oil company making plans to build what would be the largest oil-by-rail terminal in the nation. The fight is not over yet, but this win shows that people have the power to stand up to big oil!
The featured session at this year's meeting will examine the main drivers in this growing space, covering solar, energy storage, home & building energy management, and demand response. Grid operators and energy users in the NW have much to gain from a system with smart and resilient distributed energy resources.
An exciting bill making its ways through the legislature would hold major polluters accountable for their contributions to global warming, require Oregon to achieve its legislatively adopted climate goals, and level the playing field for clean energy development in our state.
Just weeks after the Legislature passed Oregon’s only significant bill addressing global warming since 2009, they’re considering rolling it back.
When it comes to Shell's Arctic drilling plans, Seattleites won't give up easily. Building a clean energy economy is going to require hard work, but we’re not daunted. We know that an important first step is drawing the line at continued fossil fuel extraction.
