What a difference five years has made! In 2010, the outlook for significant climate action was bleak, with the dismal Copenhagen Climate Summit that failed to produce an agreement on legally binding carbon emission reduction commitments, and ...

With Congress unwilling to take concerted action on climate change, it's worth celebrating that county and city leaders in the Northwest are up to the task of climate leadership at the regional scale.

In the absence of national climate and energy policy, US local and regional leaders are developing the climate and clean energy policies, strategies, and projects required to reduce carbon emissions and the state of California is the gold standard...

The New Energy Cities joined close to 200 Oregon mayors and city managers in Bend, OR on January 22 at the Oregon Governor’s Cutting Edge Communities Symposium. A terrific kick-off for a promising initiative!