Newsletter
Regulators weigh utilities’ efficiency targets in Washington state
Following a lengthy process, the Washington’s Utilities and Transportation Commission approved PacifiCorp’s and Avista Utilities’ targets for meeting the energy efficiency provisions of the state’s clean energy law. Initiative 937 requires the state’s major electric utilities to capture all of the cost-effective conservation in their service territories beginning in 2010.
Working Snake River project seeks broad involvement, political leadership to protect Northwest wild salmon
Working Snake River for Washington, a collaboration of clean energy proponents, conservationists, salmon and orca advocates, commercial and recreational fishermen, farmers and businesses, is a response to the government’s two-decade, multi-billion-dollar failure to craft a lawful, science-based federal plan that protects the Columbia Basin’s endangered wild salmon and steelhead.
Member Organization Profile – Moontown Foundation
Watch our video profile of Coalition member Moontown Foundation.
Future tense: Clearing the way for clean energy
We now know a clean energy future is both possible and affordable.
Will we rise above our differences to reach it?
Welcome to the first eActivist
From Executive Director Sara Patton: My first eActivist column promises to be shorter if not sweeter than my hard copy columns of yore. Electronic communications have proved a great boon to public-interest advocates, and we’re moving to take advantage of that opportunity.
But we’ll need to fully deploy all modes of human communication to surmount the challenges before us.
The Energy Activist – Summer 2010
Welcome to the first online edition of the Energy Activist. Electronic communications have proved a great boon to public-interest advocates, and we’re moving to take advantage of that opportunity.
The Energy Activist Online helps Coalition members and allies keep track of often complex energy and salmon issues. Each edition explores a key issue affecting the Northwest’s energy future…
IDACORP Shareholder Activists Receive Climate Advocacy Award
The investor activist group that spearheaded a stunning Idaho Power shareholder resolution on climate change last year was awarded the 2009 NGO Activist award by the Climate Change Business Journal last week.
Energy Activist chronicles Power Council's 6th Plan hearings
The newest edition of The Energy Activist chronicles the recent four-state hearing process for the Northwest Power and Conservation Plan.
In city after city, state after state, hundreds rallied and spoke for a Northwest Power and Conservation Plan to boost our use of energy efficiency and renewable energy.
Energy Activist – Special Edition, Spring 2009
Efficiency Works!
Everyone benefits when utility incentives motivate real-world upgrades