Climate Solutions
@climatesolutions.org
Accelerating clean energy solutions to the climate crisis. Nonprofit based in Seattle and Portland.
Trump wants to allow offshore oil drilling off the California coast--setting up a battle royale with Gov. Gavin Newsom. And the state of California. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
November 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Trump wants to allow offshore oil drilling off the California coast--setting up a battle royale with Gov. Gavin Newsom. And the state of California. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Mounting evidence shows the myriad ways that clinging to fossil fuels is costing us. Oregon utility customers will soon see some savings thanks to decommissioning coal plants and transitioning to sustainable alternatives.
oregoncapitalchronic...
oregoncapitalchronic...
November 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Mounting evidence shows the myriad ways that clinging to fossil fuels is costing us. Oregon utility customers will soon see some savings thanks to decommissioning coal plants and transitioning to sustainable alternatives.
oregoncapitalchronic...
oregoncapitalchronic...
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/...
www.opb.org/article/...
November 11, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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/...
www.opb.org/article/...
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In March, one of California's top lawmakers wrote to Dodgers owner Mark Walter, urging him to end all oil and gas industry sponsorships.
The team wouldn't comment publicly, but turns out they had an answer: Nope.
I just got a copy of the letter: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/dodgers-wi...
The team wouldn't comment publicly, but turns out they had an answer: Nope.
I just got a copy of the letter: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/dodgers-wi...
November 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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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.
NW Natural customers’ bills to increase by more than 5%
This will be the one of the first major utility rate hikes since lawmakers passed a set of laws that seek to prevent rate hikes during winter months.
www.opb.org
November 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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...
Join NW Energy Coalition's fall conference for expert insights, collaboration, and solutions.
📅 Wednesday, Dec 3rd
📍 Portland, OR
🎟 Register! nwenergy.org/feature...
November 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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...
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
Bari Weiss vs. climate change
At The Free Press, Weiss consistently rebrands tired fossil fuel talking points as courageous, rebellious dissent.
heated.world
November 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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
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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...
In an Upset, Democrats Oust Two Republicans on Georgia’s Utility Board
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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.”
Missing 1.5C climate target is a moral failure, UN chief tells Cop30 summit
UN secretary general António Guterres urges opening session in Brazil to bring about a ‘fundamental paradigm shift’
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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.”
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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.
Fossil fuels cost us in more ways than just dollars, but clean energy is beating coal, methane, and oil at the economics game too.
An Oregon utility’s break with coal brings customer savings • Oregon Capital Chronicle
While the Trump administration pursues a coal revival, a utility in Oregon is saving money by giving up on the fossil fuel.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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.
Fossil fuels cost us in more ways than just dollars, but clean energy is beating coal, methane, and oil at the economics game too.
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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...
Here's @zeitlin.bsky.social with the court report:
heatmap.news/climate/supr...
Neil Gorsuch Is Worried Tariffs Could Create a ‘Climate Emergency’
But this might all be moot thanks to the “major questions doctrine.”
heatmap.news
November 5, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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...
Here's @zeitlin.bsky.social with the court report:
heatmap.news/climate/supr...
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“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...
Democrats Win 2 Key Energy Races in Georgia
A “seismic change” comes for the state’s Public Service Commission.
heatmap.news
November 5, 2025 at 3:01 AM
“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...
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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...
Here's @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social with the backstory:
heatmap.news/politics/zoh...
Zohran Mamdani’s Silent Climate Politics
The self-described “ecosocialist” ran an ultra-disciplined campaign for New York City mayor. Once he’s in office, the climate issue could become unavoidable.
heatmap.news
November 5, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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...
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...
November 4, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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...
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...
November 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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...
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...
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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 ...
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
Energy retailers to be directed to offer free power three hours a day
Saying there is enough solar power for everyone in the daytime, Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen will direct retailers to provide three hours of free power every day to consumers.
www.abc.net.au
November 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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 ...
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...
November 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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...
Learn more about the exciting, innovative work of this team, the role description, and how to apply here — www.climatesolutions...
November 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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...
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...
November 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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...
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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
November 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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 →
Climate Change Made Hurricane Melissa Four Times More Likely, Study Suggests - Inside Climate News
Unusually warm ocean temperatures fueled one of the worst hurricanes on record. New research finds climate change increased the storm’s likelihood.
insideclimatenews.org
November 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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 →
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It's possible we might not need billionaire opinions on absolutely everything all the time
billmckibben.substack.com/p/climate-ga...
billmckibben.substack.com/p/climate-ga...
Climate Gates
Maybe we don't need billionaire opinions on everything
billmckibben.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:25 PM
It's possible we might not need billionaire opinions on absolutely everything all the time
billmckibben.substack.com/p/climate-ga...
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.
Food security is food justice (and a climate solution) | Climate Solutions
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 Northwest-based food banks and food justice organizations.
www.climatesolutions.org
October 31, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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 🍬🎃
Ballots need to be postmarked by next Tuesday, November 4th - so go vote, then get yourself a treat 🍬🎃
October 31, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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 🍬🎃
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
NEWS: CBS News gutted its climate team as part of the big Paramount layoffs this week. These journalists had been doing incredible reporting on extreme heat, flooding, clean energy investments and more.
I've got details for Climate-Colored Goggles: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/cbs-news-g...
I've got details for Climate-Colored Goggles: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/cbs-news-g...
CBS News just gutted its climate team
Paramount and Bari Weiss aren't off to a great start. Here's why David Ellison should change course.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Another result of the new Trump-appeasing Bari Weiss era of CBS News. Shameful