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Charlie Riedel/APA coalition of 15 states, including Oregon and California, is suing over President Donald Trump’s efforts to fast-track energy-related projects, saying the administration is bypassing environmental protection laws and threatening endangered species, critical habitat and cultural resources. -
Grant Stringer/Oregon Capital ChronicleThe Oregon Court of Appeals heard arguments Friday from gas and oil companies seeking to overturn a cornerstone of the state’s climate strategy, while environmental and labor groups rallied in a show of support for the regulations.
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Climate activists and some lawmakers want two of California’s pension funds to shed about $15 billion of fossil fuel holdings. They say the move would reduce oil and gas companies’ political power, but opponents say it would be a bad move financially. -
State Sen. Jeff Golden, D-Ashland, is among several Democratic lawmakers and environmental groups who want the Oregon Treasury to divest billions of dollars in fossil fuel holdings from the public employee retirement fund. -
The U.S is planning its largest-ever release from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Here's what to know about the country's emergency oil stash. -
California has invested heavily in switching away from gas-powered cars to meet its climate goals. Now Gov. Newsom has proposed sending out checks to car owners to help with the price of gas. That move wouldn’t necessarily prop up demand for gas — economists say people may use the money to buy other things. -
The Climate Action Plan passed in December aims for a 90% cut to gas emissions by 2050. -
Majority Democrats in the Washington Legislature on Tuesday narrowly beat back a third attempt to squelch a new tax they proposed on gasoline and diesel exported to neighboring states from Washington refineries. -
The Oregon Environmental Quality Commission approved a new Climate Protection Plan for the state Thursday. It targets a 90% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from transportation fuels and natural gas by 2050. -
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. -
Plugging in more stuff can slash Cascadia’s climate-warming emissions at modest cost. But that means moving much faster. -
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 -
During a decade when Cascadia's governments failed to meet their carbon emissions goals, activists fighting fossil fuel exports exceeded their wildest expectations. -
Environmentalists working to defeat projects they see as harmful to the environment think of themselves as the "thin green line" holding back the fossil…
