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This is the Jan. 28, 2021, edition of Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment in California and the American West. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. The day before President Joe Biden took office, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce — one of the country’s most influential business groups, and a longtime opponent of aggressive climate policies — made a seemingly major announcement: It would support a market-based approach to slashing emissions. American climate policy, the Chamber said, “should recognize the urgent need for action.” But three days lat...

The bell tolls for more NW fossil fuel projects The clean energy transition feels more real than ever, as the cancellation of several Northwest fossil fuel projects comes amidst a veritable storm of climate policy announcements from the White House. In Oregon, a federal commission blocked plans for the Jordan Cove liquified natural gas pipeline, ruling that project backers could not proceed without a clean water permit the state had not issued. Washington’s Department of Ecology rejected permitting for a controversial methanol export plant proposed for a site on the Columbia River, citing t...

InvestigateWest: Washington state plan would slash emissions By PETER FAIRLEYJanuary 25, 2021 GMT After more than a decade of the supposedly eco-friendly Pacific Northwest and British Columbia falling short on pledges to fight climate change, a new blueprint emerged this month for how to eliminate all but a sliver of fossil-fuel emissions. The 428-page plan by Washington state outlines how to make a wholesale shift to renewable energy and meet some of the most ambitious climate-protection goals on the planet. It calls for building a regional network of solar and wind energy stations and tran...

A renewed plan for climate protection emerges in Washington state Redoubled climate goals and a fresh blueprint revive hopes to cut emissions. But ongoing fossil fuel development in B.C. could undercut progress in Cascadia.  by InvestigateWest / January 25, 2021 Whether and how to expand the Interstate 5 bridge between Oregon and Washington is a prime example of decisions facing the governments of Cascadia to address climate change. Adding more lanes to the bridge will accelerate urban sprawl north into Washington from Oregon, baking in decades of single-us...

InvestigateWest: Cascadia not on track to cut emissions Peter Fairley, InvestigateWest © Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard A U.S. Flag stands in the middle of the remains of a devastated neighborhood in Talent, Oregon on Sept. 11, 2020 after the Almeda Fire swept through the area in Southern Oregon. To the rest of the world, the United States' Pacific Northwest and Canada's British Columbia represent one of the supposedly most eco-friendly regions in North America, if not the globe.  Popular Searches And yet on climate change, the biggest environmental challenge of this gen...