On August 1, 2013, the City of Portland graciously hosted the Northwest Biocarbon Initiative (NBI) along with our partners at Ecotrust and the Willamette Partnership to announce the release of NBI’s new report, Natural Infrastructure ...

This report, co-written with Rhys Roth and published by Climate Solutions, examines the role that natural infrastructure plays in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, removing carbon pollution, and building resilience to impacts of climate change.

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!

A report co-written with Elizabeth Willmott and published by Climate Solutions on how 34 American cities with fewer than 250,000 residents reduced their dependence upon fossil fuels for energy and catalyzed local clean energy with federal stimulus funds.

A guide for local elected officials, county and city staff, energy utility managers, and community stakeholders to the steps needed in designing and financing clean energy programs edited by Eileen. A joint project with Climate Solutions' New Energy Cities program, Pareto Global, the University of Oregon Center for Sustainable Business, and ...