Climate & Energy
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Things I Hope Never Come Back After the Pandemic: #4. Cheap Beef
The pandemic is knocking this climate-killing food down a notch. -
Alaska Finances: A Cautionary Tale
2020 highlights the state’s unsustainable dependence on oil revenues. -
Things I Hope Never Come Back After the Pandemic #3: The Hegemony of Fossil Fuels
Their economic power is crumbling. How soon will their political power follow? -
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Alaska, North Dakota, and Alberta Oil in the Era of COVID
How the places that supply oil to Cascadia are reacting to the market collapse. -
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Climate in the Courts: The Good, Not-so-good, and the Ugly
A roundup of US legal issues related to climate change. -
Playing Monopoly; or, How Utilities Make Money
Are utility business models aligned with our decarbonization goals? -
The Plague Brought the Renaissance. What Could COVID-19 Bring?
Three hypotheses on post-pandemic life.
Climate change and ocean acidification are already costing the Northwest big: they are killing our shellfish, igniting massive wildfires, causing floods and landslides, and upping asthma rates and other public health impacts across the region. We face a critical juncture in deciding our future. As the greenest region of the wealthiest country in history, we stand as a thin green line between inland US coal, oil, and gas and fickle Asian energy markets eager to burn our fuel and send us the pollution.
We also have the opportunity to rise as a climate policy leader and make polluters pay for their carbon pollution. Oregon and Washington State could enact world-class carbon pricing measures, joining British Columbia and California to form a powerful West Coast bloc committed to a cleaner future, to polluter accountability, and to a healthier climate. Sightline Institute’s climate and energy research answers the big questions on how best to achieve this vision.
Recent Reports & Graphics
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How Kinder Morgan’s Bankers Are Funding a Tar Sands Pipeline
Some banks are saying exactly the right things, but their money is doing the opposite. -
British Columbia’s LNG Industry Faces Gloomy Economic Prospects in Today’s Global Market
A Sightline Institute energy market update. -
Northwest Targets: Communities Threatened by Coal, Oil, and Gas
Risk assessment shows Columbia River, Tacoma, and Cherry Point are in the crosshairs of the fossil fuel industry.
Press Clips
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Navajo Nation rips support of coal company
Indian Country Today November 15, 2019
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Reopening of Blackjewel mines possibly delayed over permit snag
Casper Star Tribune October 9, 2019
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Bankrupt Wyoming coal firm under investigation for fraud
Associated Press October 7, 2019
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Cloud Peak Energy’s unprecedented property write off
Casper Star Tribune October 7, 2019
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Views: When coal companies go under, workers foot the bill
Morning Call August 7, 2019