Climate + Energy
Report: The High Cost of Unplanned Oil Refinery Closures
Measuring the employment and tax losses to communities and how oil companies are avoiding or delaying cleaning up their long-polluted sites. Plus, looking ahead for Washington state planning.
New Report Charts Need for WA to Plan Ahead for Oil Refinery Closures
A spate of recent shutdowns across the US holds urgent lessons for local communities.
Uncontainable Wildfires Are Inevitable. Community Destruction Is Not.
Five policy shifts could help communities harden their homes against fire danger.
Northwest States Need to Build New Power Lines, Fast
Otherwise, Oregon and Washington will miss critical climate targets.
Northwest Carbon Markets Can’t Support Longer Timber Harvest Rotations
That would take a New Zealand-style, all-forests cap-and-trade system.
Heat Pumps a Win-Win for Cascadia’s Now Hotter, Drier Summers
The heat dome bolstered the case for cleaner home cooling and heating technology and for decarbonizing the region’s economy.
The Pipeline Giant Behind Keystone XL Wants to Expand a Major Fracked Gas Pipeline in Cascadia
TC Energy is hoping no one will notice.
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