Newsletter
The Energy Activist – Summer 2011
We say goodbye to Efficiency Works, welcome new Coalition members, look at the opportunities for good jobs that renewables can provide and hunt down energy vampires in the latest issue.
Around the region – May 2011
Each month, we post the updates from the state and provincial caucus reports…
Main Feature: Jobs 'R' Us – Our economy desperately needs the jobs clean energy can create
If you care about creating jobs – as virtually all political and opinion leaders say they do – then you enthusiastically endorse full development of our energy efficiency and renewable…
From the Executive Director: Coalition and labor unions have long history
Coalition and labor unions have long history from Executive Director Sara Patton %CODE1% Of the 38 members of the Coalition listed on the inside cover of the 1982 Model Plan,…
DVR, cable and satellite boxes waste $2 billion of electricity every year
DVR, cable and satellite boxes waste $2 billion of electricity every year DVRs lead energy vampire pack, consuming more energy annually than typical new flat screen From Coalition member organization…
Gone but not forgotten dept. – Efficiency Works! rides off into the sunset
In late 2008, the NW Energy Coalition initiated the Efficiency Works! project to accelerate Northwest businesses’ energy efficiency investments. The project’s two-year run has ended. But the archives of the Efficiency Works! website are collected here.
New federal salmon bill introduced
New federal salmon bill introduced Taxpayer groups, fishermen, businesses, clean energy advocates and conservation organizations applaud bi-partisan legislation WASHINGTON— Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) and Rep. Tom Petri (R-WI), joined by…
Coalition welcomes five new member groups
%CODE1% Coalition welcomes five new member groups The NW Energy Coalition family continues to grow! In the past year, the Coalition’s governing board has accepted membership applications from five organizations,…
The Energy Activist – Fall 2010
Laying it on the lines: Reducing clean energy’s environmental footprint
Cover Story: Laying it on the Lines
Large “central-station” renewable energy projects probably will be needed to replace coal plants and meet climate-protection goals. But some of the best potential sites for wind, solar and other renewable projects are far from the urban centers that need most of the power. Often, these remote sites have little or no access to existing transmission lines…