Newsletter
Doug Still Memorial Community Organizing Award created
For the first time, the Coalition has created an award to recognize those who empower others to stand up for clean and affordable energy.
The aptly named Doug Still Memorial Community Organizing Award will honor individuals or organizations for their commitment to directly engaging citizens in taking action for a clean and affordable energy future…
Coalition elects new chair and executive board
The Coalition’s Saturday board meeting featured a special thank-you for outgoing board chair Chuck Magraw of Montana and the election of his successor, Jeff Bissonnette, a long-time clean energy advocate and organizing director of the Citizens’ Utility Board of Oregon…
Welcome to our newest members!
The board added to the Coalition’s growing list of member groups by unanimously accepting four new membership applications. These new members bring additional expertise in energy efficiency, clean energy development and building sustainability to the Coalition.
Take a look at our newest members…
Boise conference report
The NW Energy Coalition welcomed clean energy advocates from around the region to its jam-packed NW Clean & Affordable Energy Conference May 30 – June 1 in Boise.
An impressive array of energy experts addressed today’s critical challenges and opportunities for advancing clean energy…
The Olympian: Olympia takes position against coal
The Olympia City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to pass a resolution opposing the construction of coal export facilities in the Northwest.
The resolution states the council’s opinion, but exerts no control over the shipment of coal through the city or the construction of coal terminals, which in this state are proposed for Longview and near Bellingham.
Read more here online at: The Olympian.com
Portland Tribune: Oregon hits 2010 emissions target
Three years after the fact, Oregon can now boast that the state reached its first official milestone for stemming climate change — halting the growth of greenhouse gas emissions by 2010 and starting to reduce those emissions.
But the state is nowhere near where it needs to be to hit its second milestone — ratcheting back greenhouse gas emissions to 10 percent below 1990 baseline levels by 2020…
Read the full article at The Portland Tribune.
Headwaters Award presented to Scott Jenkins at Safeco event
It was a pleasure to have you with us as we presented the Headwaters Award to Scott Jenkins for being the force behind the incredible increase in energy efficiency and dramatic reduction in waste at Safeco Field.
We all soaked in the sun at the game, enjoyed good food and great conversation, and felt the wonderful support for clean and affordable energy…
New Pilot Unlocks Deep Energy Efficiency in Buildings
For the first time, an electric utility is testing a 20-year model to purchase metered energy efficiency savings. The agreement between Seattle City Light and the Bullitt Foundation is designed to make deep energy efficiency in new and existing commercial buildings economically feasible…
Billings Gazette – Program focuses on energy savings as a business goal
A pilot program in Eastern Montana is attempting to make managing energy costs a systematic part of company business planning, on par with other priorities like safety training. The program is a joint effort of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance of Portland, Ore., and NorthWestern Energy. NEAA conducted the first programs in cities in Washington and Oregon, then turned to Montana.
Read more: billingsgazette.com
Inslee and Kitzhaber can lead a Columbia resolution – Editorials – The Olympian
For 12 years, Washington and Oregon have been on opposite sides of the Columbia Basin salmon deadlock. But Washington’s new governor, Jay Inslee, is the right leader at the right time to partner with Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber so the two states can lead the Northwest to shared and lasting solutions for salmon, energy and agriculture.
Photos from the 2013 NW Clean & Affordable Energy Conference in Boise
The Coalition’s NW Clean & Affordable Energy Conference was held on May 31 – June 1 in Boise, Idaho. The conference focused on the region’s greatest clean energy opportunities and challenges and featured experts from Idaho and across the Northwest. Follow the link to see photos of some of the highlights of the Conference.
Boise talk show focuses on Coalition's May 31 conference
NW Energy Coalition executive director Sara Patton and former Coalition chair Ken Miller of Idaho’s Snake River Alliance discussed the upcoming NW Clean & Affordable Energy Conference on the “Building a Greener Idaho” program on Radio Boise, KRBX 89.9 FM. The show is produced by the US Green Building Council Idaho Chapter, and USGBC-Idaho executive director Charlie Woodruff anchored the program. Listen online…