Washington has turned the page on coal, the world’s most polluting source of electricity. No port in the state handles coal export, and no power plants use coal as a fuel source. But now the Trump ...

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

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 ...

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

After a tough year for climate progress and unprecedented federal retreat from climate, clean energy, and environmental justice protections, state leadership has never mattered more. Oregonians are ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

You can see and smell when a big diesel truck passes you by on the highway or in your neighborhood. It doesn’t have to be this way. More and more zero-emission, clean, and quiet trucks are hitting the ...

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 ...