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When Seattle’s first commercial airport opened in 1928, Georgetown had been a vibrant...

When Seattle’s first commercial airport opened in 1928, Georgetown had been a vibrant...

Can Oregon Democrats learn from B.C.’s carbon tax? By ERIK NEUMANNMay 12, 2021 GMT In 2019 and again in 2020, Oregon Republicans walked out of the state Legislature to prevent a vote on cap-and-trade climate bills. The legislation was meant to drive down the state’s carbon emissions, but Republicans feared the bills would place the greatest burden of higher fuel prices on sparsely populated rural communities. In 2008, the center-right party in British Columbia, actually named the Liberal P...

These days, Frank Lemos manages a shipping operation, but the former truck driver still gets behind the wheel occasionally to train new drivers or to fill a staffing hole. When he does, he notices a big difference. The firm recently moved away from conventional diesel fuel, and now theres something missing: the permeating petroleum smell that drivers wear after a day inside a big rig.  "You come home, and you dont get to just jump in bed if youre tired. You have to take a shower, or else someo...

Renewable diesel also yields far less carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that drive climate change. Destructive wildfire seasons inspired Titan’s shift to renewable diesel a year ago, after a fire devastated Phoenix, Oregon, five miles from one of the firm’s terminals. “Doing nothing is not a course of action,” is how Titan’s owner Keith Wilson described his visceral response. Wilson knew climate change was stoking Cascadia’s fires, and that diesel vehicles produce over a th...

By BRAELA KWANMarch 16, 2021 GMT VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Members of Canada’s First Nations and their allies are mounting last-ditch challenges to two massive fossil fuel pipelines that already are under construction and have strong government backing. In campaigns reminiscent of the Standing Rock protests in the U.S. Great Plains, the anti-pipeline actions in Canada’s far West feature acts of civil disobedience including blockading roads and construction sites, and coordinated...

Activists in the Pacific Northwest have warned for years that communities of color and other marginalized groups are disproportionately impacted by the effects of climate change, and less well-positioned to take advantage of jobs and other benefits likely to result as the regions economy moves away from fossil fuels.  For evidence, look no further than the fire that ripped through Southern Oregon last September. People in the relatively affluent town of Ashland received faster and clearer war...

InvestigateWest: Is NW poised to beat climate inequalities? By IRIS M. CRAWFORDMarch 5, 2021 GMT Activists in the Pacific Northwest have warned for years that communities of color and other marginalized groups are disproportionately impacted by the effects of climate change, and less well-positioned to take advantage of jobs and other benefits likely to result as the region’s economy moves away from fossil fuels. For evidence, look no further than the fire that ripped through southern Oregon...

Activists in the Pacific Northwest have warned for years that communities of color and other marginalized groups are disproportionately impacted by the effects of climate change, and less well-positioned to take advantage of jobs and other benefits likely to result as the region’s economy moves away from fossil fuels.

Activists in the Pacific Northwest have warned for years that communities of color and...