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WEBAnd NO on I-2066 to protect energy efficiency programs and keep energy costs from rising. Inspiring new clean energy projects are on the rise in Spokane, Tri-Cities, and Moses Lake. But a big challenge remains: accessing the clean electricity needed. Climate Solutions is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating clean ...
About Us | Climate Solutions
WEBAs a Northwest-based clean energy economy nonprofit, Climate Solutions works to: champion transformational policies and market-based innovations; catalyze powerful partnerships and a diverse movement for action and accountability; and. communicate a bold vision for solutions at the scale required by climate science. Where we focus:
Clean energy progress in the balance | Climate Solutions
WEB4 days ago · Good clean energy coming? November will determine a lot. A new study quantifies the effectiveness of Washington’s Climate Commitment Act (CCA), noting that it is on track to catalyze more than $9.1 billion in economic output and create more than 45,000 jobs over eight years. The report, released by Greenline Insights and the Clean and Prosperous Institute (disclosure: report funded in part ...
ClimateCast | Climate Solutions
WEB4 days ago · By: Jonathan Lee on May 31, 2024. The state of Oregon was recently awarded $86 million for rooftop solar projects for lower-income residents. The extra cool news: combined with existing federal and state solar incentive programs, this may bring the upfront costs of rooftop solar to nearly zero for many eligible households.
Our Mission and History - Climate Solutions
WEBClimate Solutions formed in 1998 when the Olympia, WA-based Atmosphere Alliance, founded by Rhys Roth, joined forces with the local Energy Outreach Center, led by Paul Horton. Our mission is to accelerate clean energy solutions to the climate crisis. Our vision is a thriving, equitable Northwest, powered by clean energy, inspiring the transition to sustainable prosperity across the nation and ...
Why cap-and-invest? One strategy for carbon reduction
WEBJan 20, 2021 · Carbon taxes and cap-and-invest systems have much in common. Both are market mechanisms that reduce pollution by making major carbon emitters pay for the consequences of their actions, thereby incentivizing the adoption of clean sources of energy that have lower climate impacts. Both hold the largest sources of …
Research and Reports - Climate Solutions
WEBToward Sustainable Aviation Fuels. October 2015. Commercial aviation accounts for 2 percent of global carbon pollution, a figure projected to grow to between 3 and 4.7 percent by 2050 without concerted action to curb emissions. Accordingly, a comprehensive solution to the world’s climate predicament requires a strategy to reduce aviation’s ...
Twenty-five years of brighter tomorrows | Climate Solutions
WEBThis year Climate Solutions celebrates our 25th Anniversary. Has it really been that long? We’ve done a lot of different things over the past quarter of a century—collaborating with farmers and ranchers to harvest clean energy, fighting out-of-state coal companies to power past coal exports, building broad coalitions to pass gold standard policies like the second-in-the-nation carbon ...
Our Values - Climate Solutions
WEBOur Values. Climate Solutions' work is illuminated by our shared values: To achieve climate stability and resilience, we must address injustice and inequity in our own communities and beyond. All people, all communities, and all nations deserve the opportunity to share equitably in health, economic security, dignity, self …
Our Mission - Climate Solutions
WEBCities are responsible for 70% of all global greenhouse gas emissions, therefore reducing carbon emissions in cities is critical to solving the climate crisis. Climate Solutions’ New Energy Cities program worked with the small- to medium-sized Northwest communities to achieve significant greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. By working with communities to set and attain quantifiable carbon ...