Peter Fairley

Lessons from a year of reporting on climate solutions for Oregon, Washington and British Columbia

Climate-warming pollution is rising in Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. Action in 2022 can get the region on track for 2030.

Acting on international calls to freeze fossil fuel infrastructure, citizen activists working with environmental justice groups and Indigenous nations are pushing local governments to rewrite the rules for building everything from airports and gas stations to industrial zones.

Proponents of a heftier, coordinated grid assess its importance – — and barriers to their visions.

Cascadia needs cleaner fuels to start decarbonizing heavy vehicles and industry. That means pushing biofuels to the max, and more.

Plugging in more stuff can slash Cascadia’s climate-warming emissions at modest cost. But that means moving much faster.

Mapping programs in Cascadia show how social and racial inequities extend to climate and pollution risks.

Washington State’s redoubled climate goals and fresh action plan revive hope to cut emissions. But ongoing fossil fuel development in BC could undercut Cascadia’s progress

Oregon, Washington and British Columbia pledged to slash greenhouse gas emissions. In a decade full of big talk and epic battles, they all failed.