Chris van Daalen | Northwest EcoBuilding Guild This new resource was published last month by the Shift Zero Alliance to help Cities craft and implement impactful green building incentivesand related policies. Myself and a team of green building leaders from around the state founded…
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“Thurston Climate Action Team supports the introduction of legislation for 100% clean energy by 2030, as introduced by 350 Seattle in their November 21, 2018 letter to Rep. Tarleton, Sen. Ranker, Governor Inslee, and Legislators. TCAT further calls on our…
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It’s been the craziest road trip to visit elderly parents in California ever! Trip started on the same day as the fire… My 84 year old mom lives about 75 miles south of the Camp Fire and my 85 years…
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Now is a great time to share your enthusiasm for our work with your networks! From October 31st to November 20th, TCAT is participating in a fundraising campaign called Give Local and you can help by spreading the word! Copy,…
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By Stand.earth October 23, 2018 “Puget Sound Energy’s (PSE) eight million gallon liquified natural gas (LNG) project threatens Tacoma, the nearby Puyallup Tribe, and our global climate. Construction on the 14-story tall fracked gas tank at the Port of Tacoma has…
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By Rebecca Bellan | Mother Jones October 16, 2018 “What’s the future market for EVs? I wish I knew.” According to a new report from the United Nations’ scientific panel, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), humanity has about 12 years to avoid…
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Stephanie Feldstein | Yes! magazine Oct. 19, 2018 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a dire warning last week: We need to cut greenhouse gas emissions, and we need to do it fast to avoid catastrophic climate change. At…
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By Amy Goodman | NPR October 10, 2018 A month before the 2016 election, anti-pipeline activists staged an unprecedented coordinated action to shut down the flow of oil from Canada to the United States. On October 11, 2016, activists in…
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The Steh-Chass Estuary (known later as the Deschutes Estuary) has provided sustenance for Coast Salish Indigenous communities and wildlife for thousands of years. Artist Carrie Zeigler, and TCAT President Tom Crawford engage the festival-goers in climate change discussions in different…
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By Brad Plumer and Nadja Popovich | The New York Times | Oct. 7, 2018 “The Earth has already warmed 1 degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) since the 19th century. Now, a major new United Nations report has looked at the consequences…
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