Why electric cars won't solve climate change
Elon Musk is wrong; Tesla won't save the planet from climate change.
Electric cars might look great in your driveway, but they're also a symbol of a systemic problem: an ineffective car-based approach to addressing transportation's climate impacts.
How mass timber helps stop wildfires and builds the green economy
What’s good for our forests and planet can also be good for our jobs, communities, and economy. That’s why we’re writing this together—an ex-Democratic political operative and an ex-Republican staff member who want to see mass timber flourish.
So you've decided to run as a Democrat? Congrats, you're a socialist.
Or at least, the Republicans are going to call you one.
Some Democrats spend all their time trying to stop this smear, to stop the GOP from defining them by saying no, that’s not us. I want x, not y. Those Democrats usually lose. Instead, they need to focus on their message, not the GOPs, and quit letting them define the terms of the election.
What is Weatherization? -Building the Green Economy with the Biden Climate Plan
COVID-19’s spread has closed businesses across the country and killed hundreds of thousands of Americans, putting our country firmly into a recession in the process. Our economy desperately needs the stimulus that the Biden weatherization program and other programs to build the green economy would provide.
How to Redefine US Agriculture for Working Families
It’s time for us to stop prioritizing big business over rural Americans. With that in mind, we’ve outlined five critical adjustments to US agricultural policy that will help working families and our planet by creating jobs, prioritizing families over big business, diversifying our fuel supply, and reducing our greenhouse gas emissions.
Divest Washington State's Public Employees Retirement System
Washington State is ignoring one of the best tools in our toolbox to fight climate change: divesting the states more than $125 billion in public employee pension funds from the fossil-fuel industry.
A Green New Deal for Washington State
Washington state is diverse – a tech hub, a historical airplane manufacturer, and the heart of much of our country’s agricultural production while remaining one of the most socially liberal states in the country; yet we aren’t leading on addressing climate change. Here’s how we can change that.