Live Breaking News & Updates on John Horgan New Democratic Party

Stay updated with breaking news from John horgan new democratic party. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.

InvestigateWest: Washington state plan would slash emissions


InvestigateWest: Washington state plan would slash emissions
Peter Fairley
InvestigateWest
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 last 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 transmission lines allowing sharing of power across the western U.S. and Canada.  ....

United States , France General , United Kingdom , Columbia River , Canada General , British Columbia , Puget Sound , Karen Tam Wu , Eileenv Quigley , Glenn Blackmon , Kate Brown , George Heyman , Justin Trudeau , Jay Inslee , Patrick Mazza , Peter Fairley , Puget Sound Energy , Climate Solutions , Sightline Institute , Big Oil , Chase Bank , Clean Energy Transition Institute , Washington Energy Policy Office , Pembina Institute , Washington Legislature , John Horgan New Democratic Party ,

Bold Climate Goals? Look Just South, BC


Washington state offers a new blueprint for how Cascadia can kick the fossil-fuel habit. 
Peter Fairley is an award-winning journalist based in Victoria and San Francisco, whose writing has appeared in Scientific American, NewScientist, Hakai Magazine, Technology Review, the Atlantic, Nature and elsewhere.
SHARES
Climate activist Eileen Quigley is feeling hope after seeing her state of Washington set a bold new path toward renewable energy. She worked with modellers to inform the plan.
Photo by Dan DeLong via InvestigateWest.
[Editor’s note: This is part of a year-long occasional series of articles produced by InvestigateWest in partnership with The Tyee and other news organizations on shifting the Cascadia region to a zero-carbon economy.] ....

United States , Douglas County , France General , United Kingdom , Port Of Vancouver , Columbia River , Canada General , British Columbia , Wells Dam , Puget Sound , Karen Tam Wu , Glenn Blackmon , Kate Brown , George Heyman , Deric Gruen , Justin Trudeau , Eileen Quigley , Jay Inslee , Patrick Mazza , Puget Sound Energy , Sightline Institute , Pembina Institute , John Horgan New Democratic Party , Climate Solutions Council , Big Oil , Climate Solutions ,