Posts by Alicia Healey
NW Clean & Affordable Energy Conference brings utility commissioners from all 4 Northwest states
Set for Friday and Saturday, Dec. 2-3, in Seattle, the Conference will tackle some of the most pressing issues and fascinating developments in the campaign for a clean energy future. Utility regulation, salmon recovery, clean energy for buildings, transmission/ecosystem issues will be on the agenda…
Read MoreTomorrow: Bringing new voices to the clean energy choir
The Coalition’s diverse and active membership makes it one of the Northwest’s most influential public-interest voices on energy policy. We must continue our long history of reaching out and bringing new partners into our work…
Read MoreTomorrow: Honoring the Coalition’s work by stopping King Coal’s conveyor belt
The NW Energy Coalition should be incredibly proud of the recent deals to shutter the Boardman and Centralia coal plants. The Coalition’s work – the long legacy of achievement in energy efficiency, renewable resources and energy system planning – is what made this transition thinkable, then doable, then done.
King Coal, however, is not taking our progress lying down…
Read MoreFrom the Executive Director: Still unconventional after all these years
Recently I had occasion to spout off on the fallacy of the conventional energy wisdom from 30 plus years ago … the very conventional wisdom that the Coalition was born to challenge…
Read MoreTomorrow: Taking the region’s clean energy future to the entire West
Two hundred billion is a really big number. According to a new Western Grid Group report, that’s how many dollars will be spent on Western states’ power systems over the next 20 years, regardless of how we choose to replace aging power plants and meet estimated growth in energy demand…
Read MoreTomorrow: Overcoming hurdles to energy efficiency
It was a privilege to be part of the amazingly thoughtful effort in the 1980s to make energy efficiency a practical, effective resource here in the Northwest. The NW Energy Coalition’s 30th anniversary reminds us of those fruitful, exciting times…
Read MoreState Dept. Announces Reevaluation of Keystone XL Tar Sand Pipeline
The State Department announced today that it is reevaluating the environmental review of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline project. The reevaluation will include consideration of rerouting the pipeline to avoid sensitive ecological areas in Nebraska. An alternative route would require a new environmental impact statement and would delay a final decision on the tar sands pipeline for as long as 18 months.
Read MoreCelebrate 30 years of clean & affordable energy advocacy!
Join us in Seattle on Dec. 2 for our Fall Conference and a memorable celebration with dinner, drinks and clean energy supporters from throughout the region.
Read MoreNW Clean & Affordable Energy Conference – Dec. 2-3
Executive Board Caucus Report Highlights — Oct. 20, 2011
Each month, we post the updates from the state and provincial caucus reports. In Idaho, the state energy plan’s clean energy provisions are under fire, The eminent domain rollback referendum falls short in Montana, Oregon is gearing up for a 10-year energy plan and legislative prep proceeds in Washington.
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