Flames atop the Space Needle Did you know? During the 1962 World’s Fair, the Space Needle had a 40-foot-tall natural-gas-powered “torch” burning on the mast at the top. The Space Needle, early 1962. Note the flames coming from the antenna; the Needle was equipped...
I-2117 would take Washington backward Today, Initiative 2117, which seeks to repeal the Climate Commitment Act (CCA), crossed a hurdle in its race to turn back the clock on climate policy. It qualified as an initiative to the Legislature and will most likely be on the...
Grist: Washington’s cap on carbon is raising billions for climate action. Can it survive the backlash? What’s the opposite of “backlash”? Whatever the word, that’s our charge for 2024. And as we share more with Washingtonians about the benefits of the Climate...
Here comes the sun Having passed the winter solstice, we can sing along with George Harrison and celebrate that the sun will be with us a bit longer each day going forward. And now that… Solar energy is the cheapest option for new electric generation almost...
“The future ain’t what it used to be” Yogi Berra was right. “The future ain’t what it used to be.” Though he may have been thinking about baseball, he could very well have been referring to clean energy. On the same day that the world committed to transition away from...
Don’t put the brakes on our clean economy On the same day the United Nations warned that global greenhouse gasses are the highest ever recorded, opponents of Washington’s Climate Commitment Act have taken another step in their effort to fossilize the status quo and...
