Oregon has made a lot of progress on smart policies to tackle the climate crisis and transition to affordable, clean energy for all. But we can't afford to let up now. Booming data centers and federal environmental rollbacks are setting us back. www.opb.org/article/...

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Energy affordability! Thanks to the community groups backing Oregon's FAIR Act, NW Natural customers are protected from out-of-control rate hikes. This week's 5.4% is far less than the utility wanted to impose, and will be the only increase for the next 18 months.

How can we meet growing energy needs, prepare for extreme weather, and modernize the grid? Join NW Energy Coalition's fall conference for expert insights, collaboration, and solutions. 📅 Wednesday, Dec 3rd 📍 Portland, OR 🎟 Register! nwenergy.org/feature...

Controversial new CBS News chief Bari Weiss's publication has consistently rebranded tired fossil fuel talking points as courageous, rebellious dissent... via Emily Atkin/Heated

Results of the Georgia Public Service Commission elections are great not just as an anti-Trump bellwether, but also for electric bills and renewables in Georgia. (Also, I'm guessing all the big entertainment companies that film in GA are paying attention?) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres opens the COP30 summit in Brazil: “Too many corporations are making record profits from climate devastation, with billions spent on lobbying, deceiving the public and obstructing progress.”

If you're talking about affordability, you're talking about clean energy. Period. Bills go DOWN when you quit coal. 📉 Fossil fuels cost us in more ways than just dollars, but clean energy is beating coal, methane, and oil at the economics game too.

Today's Supreme Court hearing on Trump's tariffs brought up some intriguing hypotheticals around a potential future "climate emergency." Here's @zeitlin.bsky.social with the court report: heatmap.news/climate/supr...

“The election of two new public service commissioners represents a seismic change in Georgia’s energy landscape and reflects a new politics of electricity in America.” heatmap.news/politics/ali...

Zohran Mamdani ran an ultra-disciplined campaign for mayor — one that barely touched on climate change. Once he's in office, how will the one-time self-described "ecosocialist" govern? Here's @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social with the backstory: heatmap.news/politics/zoh...

Trump et al. may be using the pretext of a government shutdown to justify the wholesale destruction of environmental science www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Today is election day! If you haven't dropped off your ballot yet, be sure to get to your nearest dropbox before 7pm. Not sure where yours is? Washington voters can check here- www.sos.wa.gov/elect...

Absolutely amazing: they've got so much solar in Australia that they need more people to use more of it, so the gov't has instructed energy retailers to offer *at least three hours of free power* during the middle of the day. Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...

The people’s power plant: How Puerto Rico turned home batteries into a reliable grid asset www.utilitydive.com/spons/the-pe...

Our Breaking Barriers Collaborative team is growing, and now taking applications for a Program Coordinator and a Director of Outreach! Learn more about the exciting, innovative work of this team, the role description, and how to apply here — www.climatesolutions...

Without last-minute interventions, people will go hungry when the federally-funded SNAP food stamps program comes to a halt on Nov. 1. Here's info on food justice, and Northwest-based food banks and community aid organizations. www.climatesolutions.org/article/2025...

This is quite a story: the US employed every strongarm tactic available, including personal threats against delegates and their families, to derail an agreement on reducing shipping emissions that was almost finalized. on.ft.com/47lq3dZ

Researchers are helping to more directly trace the impact of fossil-fuel pollution, and how it's making climate disasters, like Hurricane Melissa, stronger and more destructive →

It's possible we might not need billionaire opinions on absolutely everything all the time billmckibben.substack.com/p/climate-ga...

Without last-minute interventions, people will go hungry when the federally-funded SNAP food stamps program comes to a halt on Nov. 1. Here's info on food justice, and Northwest-based food banks and community aid organizations.

Vote for a future that's less spooky, more sustainable 💚🧡 Ballots need to be postmarked by next Tuesday, November 4th - so go vote, then get yourself a treat 🍬🎃

Another result of the new Trump-appeasing Bari Weiss era of CBS News. Shameful

Expanded climate action from cities and states could slash planet-heating pollution despite Trump working against it, says former EPA chief Gina McCarthy

Fascinating proposal from @rewiringamerica.bsky.social: cost- effectively meeting the energy needs for data centers by replacing inefficient electric resistance heaters with heat pumps. 1/ www.rewiringamerica.org/research/hom...

📬 Ballots are out! Time to vote! It's not to late-- find answers to all your questions at vote.wa.gov Remember, no stamp needed, just drop it in your mailbox or nearest ballot box by Tuesday, Nov 4th! #ClimateVoter #WALeg

Not since 1935 has anyone experienced a storm like Melissa. Melissa's record wouldn't have happened without climate change, which made the hurricane's winds about 10 mph stronger, according to a rapid attribution analysis by Climate Central. yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/cata...

Hurricane Melissa continues to set records, with the lowest barometric pressure ever observed this late in the season in the Atlantic, 906 millibars. The picture below is of its fearsome eye yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/jama...

Good to see SkyNRG clearing a key regulatory hurdle for its "Project Wigeon" facility in SE Washington. This is a major milestone in the decades-long effort to bring the production of sustainable aviation fuels to scale in the region

Parts of Jamaica may see more than 30 inches of rain from Hurricane Melissa This is the mark of an overheated earth, and the damage it causes will be terrifying. Please be prepared to help those providing aid

The people living near America's first commercial offshore wind farm love it. Cheaper electricity, mroe reliable power: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/c...

Data centers gobbling up real estate and electricity, and A health check-up on the state of our free press. Our latest Climatecast sifts through the headlines and finds the best, so you don't have to- www.climatesolutions.org/article/2025...

Even just with #transportation , there’s a lot that the #ClimateInfluence of mayors could do. #StateOfClimateAction is grim, so are we ready to support bolder city and state leaders to catalyze big shifts? Local leaders, with our support, have massive opportunity. Thx @wriclimate.bsky.social

On Friday, I'm talking with a transit expert about the authority governors have to shift the final year of Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill funding away from highways, to EVs, transit, & pedestrians. Many governors do not know they have this authority! And this year is a crucial window! Questions?

Hollywood group cuts ties with Toyota over concerns around "greenwashing" the automaker's image. Although Toyota was an early adopter of hybrid technology, it has led opposition to climate and pollution standards for vehicles. First edition of @sammyroth.bsky.social's new newsletter.

“A year after Hurricane Helene, North Carolina communities that exhausted their budgets on storm cleanup and recovery are still waiting for FEMA reimbursement.” www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...

It's #OneOceanWeek in Seattle! 🌊 Want to know more about how ⚓ maritime is working to decarbonize? A whole host of industry experts will be discussing that and more - TODAY at 1pm PT- Click to register --> luma.com/ecoxsbfi

Love this story by @jeffstjohn.bsky.social, about a Berkeley startups that's seemingly cracked the code for roasting coffee with electricity instead of fossil fuels: www.canarymedia.com/articles/ele...

New funding from the City of Seattle will support the electrification of short-haul trucking at the Port of Seattle. Diesel fumes from idling trucks are a significant health hazard for local communities as well as contributing to climate change.

Washington and Oregon are among two dozen states suing the federal administration over the termination of a program making affordable solar energy available in low-income communities www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Fall weather bringing damper conditions and lower temperatures means Washington's wildfire season has peaked, and Dept of Natural Resources turns towards mitigation efforts like prescribed burning and tree thinning. washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/10/13/w...

The US, Saudi Arabia and Russia are leading efforts to weaken a landmark green shipping deal at the International Maritime Organization (IMO), threatening years of climate progress. www.climatechangenews.com/2025/10/16/u...

Community note: EVs with home charging cost significantly less per mile to operate than ICEs. Not sure who is going to save those billions but it won’t be American consumers

UBC researchers have created a mushroom-powered, waterless toilet!? turning waste into compost using mycelia, the root network of mushrooms. 🍄 Now that is a creative climate solution. 👏 www.cbc.ca/news/cana...

Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating

If fossil gas prices are going down, why are household gas bills going up? Because customers are paying more for infrastructure, construction, utility costs and taxes than they are for the actual fuel. www.npr.org/2025/10/...

Before catastrophic floods swept through the Alaska Native village of Kipnuk on Sunday, the EPA canceled a $20 million grant intended to protect the community from extreme flooding. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...

Something this book really drilled home (scuse the pun) is that we're not stalled out on climate because scientists didn't model hard enough or campaigners didn't come up with the perfect message, but because the world's most powerful spent gazillions to sabotage action. cssn.org/wp-content/u...

"What must be done now to ensure that caring for our common home and listening to the cry of the earth and the poor do not appear as mere passing trends or, worse still, are seen and felt as divisive issues?" — Pope Leo www.ncronline.org/vatican/vati...

This FRI in PDX: The AfroFuturism Oasis: Empowering Our Futures Spotlighting a new innovative, healing-centered community space in North Portland that retrofits a retiring MAX train into a sustainable hub for rest, wellness, co-working, and resilience.