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Shocking! Separating electric transportation myths and realities
We're featuring some transportation climate myths that keep coming back, from the media to the holiday dinner table. How many of these have you heard? Let’s debunk them together!
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Tacoma school district unveils first electric school bus

By: Beth Doglio on

Where better to eliminate tailpipe pollution than the buses that haul our kids to and from school every day?

We served climate hope for breakfast

By: Jonathan Lawson on

Fresh from some serious clean energy wins in Washington, we're ready to confront the next big climate challenge: transportation.

2019 Session dispatches: week 6 with climate as a top priority

By: Kelly Hall on

For the first time in memory—and maybe ever—climate change is a top priority for the Washington Legislature. There are multiple landmark climate policies moving forward; The momentum is strong, and the stakes are high. Here’s an update on our top climate priorities.

Broad show of support for clean fuels for WA

By: Stephanie Noren on

Testimony focused on increased job and economic growth opportunities, climate and public health benefits.

A City’s Climate Action Plan: Interview with Milwaukie Mayor Gamba

By: Mara Gross on

The city is working to become entirely equitable, delightfully livable, and completely sustainable. 

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Success! TriMet buses going 100% diesel-free

By: Meredith Connolly on

The Portland region's largest transit agency has committed to transitioning to a 100% clean, diesel-free bus fleet over the next two decades.

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Milwaukie City Council tells TriMet: time to embrace zero emission buses

By: Zach Baker on

Milwaukie, OR has joined with Portland and Multnomah County, calling for transit agency TriMet to kick diesel and rapidly electrify their bus fleet! These local governments are ordering up clean air and climate stability, by paving the way to a 100% clean energy future.

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One Year Later: Portland and Multnomah Co.'s 100% Clean Energy Resolutions

By: Zach Baker on

From accelerating the transition of Oregon’s most populous city and county to clean energy, to inspiring other jurisdictions to pass their own resolutions, Portland and Multnomah County's 100% clean energy resolutions are proving worthy of an anniversary celebration.  

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What’s new in Oregon: Pricing pollution, electrifying transit, and more

By: Meredith Connolly on

Spring is in the air, and climate action is on the move in Oregon. 

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Tell TriMet: Time to expand and electrify transit

By: Meredith Connolly on

If you live in the greater Portland area, your voice is needed to tell TriMet that you support frequent, affordable, zero emission transit service, prioritizing the communities that need it most. 

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FILED: 100% clean air ballot initiatives

Submitted by Jonathan Lee on

Earlier this week, our coalition of partners officially filed critical climate protection ballot measures with the Oregon Secretary of State's office, having collected twice as many signatures as needed to qualify.

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AAA Gets a Triple "F" on Climate Policy

The end of Oregon’s 2019 legislative session exposed some of the egregious corporate lobbying in Salem that blocks climate action – sometimes in public, but many times behind the scenes in the halls of the State Capitol. One of those companies is the American Automobile Association (AAA) of Oregon.  Yes, the same AAA that you call for a lifeline when your car breaks down – but apparently that lifeline doesn’t extend to the climate emergency we’re currently experiencing.

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