Explore Oregon's 2026 legislative wins and the lessons learned from the climate policies that fell short. It highlights the missed opportunities for lower energy bills while looking ahead at the work ...

In Washington, funds that big polluters pay for their harmful climate pollution support clean energy solutions close to home.

Lawmakers are preparing to take climate funds for unrelated expenses, which would break trust with a majority of voters, who ...

For decades, out-of-state fossil fuel corporations have made devastating fires, extreme heat, and floods worse, yet Oregonians have paid the price for prevention and recovery. These polluters always ...

Oregon’s energy needs are rapidly evolving. Electricity demand is surging primarily due to the rapid expansion of energy-intensive data centers, alongside the broader electrification of homes, ...

Today a King County Superior Court judge ruled that Initiative 2066 violates the Washington state constitution. Lawyers for a plaintiff group of public interest advocates and local governments argued ...

What a historic year 2023 has been for climate action in Washington! The transformational Climate Commitment Act went into effect in January, creating the nation's second economy-wide program to cap ...

Northwest policymakers are responding to the ongoing increase of energy-hungry data centers in the region. Oregon legislators took the lead last year with the POWER Act, requiring data centers and ...

In the waning days of this year’s legislative session in Olympia, I was able to stand in the wings of the Senate in the Capitol building as lawmakers debated and passed the 100% Clean School Buses ...

In a truly reckless move today, the Trump administration has acted to eliminate the federal government’s ability to fight climate change altogether. By repealing the scientific finding that greenhouse ...

Washington has pretty much been crushing it these past few years with big policy wins on climate that are sure to reduce emissions and usher in cleaner air and healthier communities, but a stickier ...