Newsletter Photo by Stephen Mease on Unsplash American high-speed rail: The 5 projects taking shape in the U.S. Here are five U.S. projects that have boosted prospects for a high-speed rail system.
Causescommons.wikimedia.org Cascadia’s climate champions learn they can win at the local level Citizen activists working with environmental justice groups and Indigenous nations are pushing local governments to rewrite the rules for building everything from airports and gas stations to industrial zones.
Impacts The long-lost tale of an 18th-century tsunami, as told by trees Local evidence of the cataclysm has literally washed away over the years. But Oregon’s Douglas firs may have recorded clues deep in their tree rings.
Newsletter www.ijpr.org A key step in decarbonizing Cascadia: Cleaning up what can't plug in Cascadia needs cleaner fuels to start decarbonizing heavy vehicles and industry. That means pushing biofuels to the max, and more.
Solutions www.invw.org Can Oregon Democrats learn from B.C.’s conservative-backed carbon tax? After two years of defeat in Salem, carbon pricing still lacks support from business and rural interests.
Politics www.invw.org Using hydrogen to back up the grid Energy experts foresee a future in which hundreds of massive hydrogen plants help keep the entire grid in balance. And not just by turning on and off.
Solutions www.invw.org Cleaning up what can't plug in Cascadia needs cleaner fuels to start decarbonizing heavy vehicles and industry. That means pushing biofuels to the max, and more.
