Thank you very much for the opportunity to share my observations about how local government can accelerate clean energy in Washington State. My name is Eileen Quigley and I direct Clean Energy Transition, a Seattle, WA-based organization that ...

A community that has set an ambitious carbon-reduction target and mapped its sources and uses of energy is ready to determine how to carve up its reduction strategies using a Carbon Wedge Analysis ...

So how does a city that has set an ambitious but achievable carbon emissions reduction goal go about actually achieving that target? They calculate their carbon footprint and determine how many emissions they have to reduce and then set targets to ..

Working with nearly 30 Northwest communities from 2009-2017 offered the opportunity to learn many lessons about how cities can accelerate adoption of climate-smart, clean energy solutions, none more instructive than the need to set a clear ...

President Donald Trump kicked off a campaign rally in the coal-dependent state of West Virginia on August 3, with this assertion that he is reviving the moribund coal industry and putting miners back to work. How does this claim hold up?

In the coming decades, autonomous vehicles (AVs) will likely cause unprecedented disruption to the passenger vehicle market. Under optimistic projections, AVs are anticipated to reach a 50 percent market share by 2040 and 90 percent share by 2050 ...

This summer, I participated in an event sponsored by the Port of Seattle unveiling a new report that addresses how to make sustainable aviation fuels economically competitive.

Although President Trump has committed to pulling the United States out of the Paris Climate Accord, many of our cities are still moving full steam ahead to clear the air and fight climate change. More than 200 U.S. municipalities have declared ...

Over the past decade, cities and counties have become increasingly knowledgeable about developing meaningful CAPs and best practices from first-generation CAPs that the nation’s largest and best-funded cities created.

Welcome to Clean Energy Transition, an initiative that promotes strategies to accelerate the transition from fossil fuel to clean energy, focusing on low-carbon pathways, urban clean energy, and clean energy economics.

During his campaign, Donald Trump promised struggling coal mining communities that he would bring back all the jobs that have been disappearing over the past decades. Outlining his energy agenda last May, Trump told coal miners to...

With cities accounting for 70% of global carbon emissions, and half the world and 80 percent of Americans living in urban environments, cities should play a critical role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.