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On Monday, December 20, 2021, for the second time in three years, the Washington State Legislature sued Governor Inslee over his line-item vetoes related to climate change policy.

On Monday, December 20, 2021, for the second time in three years, the Washington State Legislature sued Governor Inslee over his line-item vetoes…

Teddy Roosevelt, the conservation president, who established the U.S. Forest Service, created five national parks, and signed the Antiquities Act, was a Republican. Richard Nixon, also a Republican, established the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Yet, over the years, environmental issues have acquired a partisan edge. Climate change epitomizes this divide.

The pressure is on to pass climate bills in Olympia. Attempts to get policies through that limit carbon pollution by putting a price on it have often…

Climate-warming pollution is rising in Washington, Oregon and British Columbia. Action in 2022 can get the region on track for 2030. Imagine you woke up in 2030 to find that Oregon, Washington and British Columbia had done little to slow the global warming that cooked the Cascadia region this year. That killed 600 people

As 2021 comes to a close, it’s time to reflect on the progress—and setbacks—that advanced energy experienced in state legislatures across the country this past year. For the most part, momentum around the clean energy and transportation...

The 2020 fuel mix report was released this week, and shows that while coal-fired power decreased slightly, the use of natural gas increased. 

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

Earlier this month, world leaders descended in Glasgow in order to work together to limit the extent and impact of rising global temperatures caused…

Fawn Sharp, president of the National Congress of American Indians, talks with Yale Environment 360 about how climate change is hitting Native Americans especially hard and why protecting tribal sovereignty is critical for tackling the climate crisis.