Climate Change | Externalized Costs of Business as Usual
2016
Energy-related CO2 emissions from natural gas surpass coal as fuel use patterns change; Eliza Goren & Perry Lindstrom, US Energy Information Agency, Aug 17, 2016
China's coal peak hailed as turning point in climate change battle; Damian Carrington, The Guardian, Jul 25, 2016
How scared or hopeful should we be in a warming world?; Clive Hamilton, The Guardian, May 12, 2016
Almost Everything You Know About Climate Change Solutions Is Outdated, Part 1; Joe Romm, Think Progress, May 10, 2016
Massive Victory for 7 Kids in Climate Change Lawsuit in Washington State; Our Children's Trust, EcoWatch, Apr 29, 2016
Curbing Methane Pollution Could be Our Best Bet for Slowing Climate Change; Emma Foehringer Merchant, Newsweek, Apr 29, 2016
Victory in Landmark Climate Case! Federal Court Affirms Constitutional Rights of Kids and Denies Motions of Government and Fossil Fuel Industry in Youth's Landmark Climate Change Case; Our Children's Trust, Apr 8, 2016
The Climate Web; Brad Ward, Climate Connections, Apr 6, 2016
Scotland urged to adopt more ambitious carbon emissions target; Severin Carrell, The Guardian, Mar 15, 2016
Dangerous global warming will happen sooner than thought – study; Joshua Robertson, The Guardian, Mar 9, 2016
The staggering economic cost of air pollution; Chelsea Harvey, The Washington Post, Jan 29, 2016
Climate Risks Are #1 Threat to Global Economy; Rachel Cleetus, Union of Concerned Scientists, Jan 20, 2016
Proof That a Price on Carbon Works; The Editorial Board, New York Times, Jan 19, 2016
2015
It's Canada (again)! This time, it's helping to lead the way to fix the environment; Adam Wernick, pri.org, Dec 27, 2015
A Fitting End for the Hottest Year on Record; Jonah Bromwich, New York Times, Dec 23, 2015
Paris Climate Accord Is a Big, Big Deal; Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times, Dec 16, 2015
West Coast Clean Economy: November 2015, 2010-2014 Jobs Update; The Delphi Group, Pacific Coast Collaborative
US NGO Letter to President Obama on Paris Climate Negotiations; Center for Biological Diversity & 150 Non-governmental Organizations including OREP, Dec 1, 2015
Countdown to 2050: Sharpening Oregon’s Climate Action Tools; M. Powers, A. Schlusser, A. Lang, C. Bonugli & S. Djemba, Green Energy Institute at Lewis & Clark Law School, Nov 2015
It Really Is Time to Choose; Charles Ferguson, Huffington Post, Nov 30, 2015
Short Answers to Hard Questions About Climate Change; Justin Gillis, New York Times, Nov 28, 2015
Elections 2016: How Can the Climate Movement Have the Greatest Impact During This Presidential Election Period?; Bill McKibben & Climate Reality Check, Nov 12, 2015 (Audio recording)
Retrofits for Resiliency: How to Make an Existing Solar PV System into an Islandable Resilient Power System [Webinar archive]; Clean Energy States Alliance, Nov 12, 2015
How Green Are Those Solar Panels, Really?; Christina Nunez, National Geographic, Nov 11, 2014
What is the energy and carbon payback time for PV panels in the UK?; Center for Alternative Technology
Cutting-Edge Climate Law: Eugene Is Ground Zero; Eugene City Club (Audio recording), KLCC, Oct 19, 2015
How states can best promote clean power; Anthony F. Earley, Jr. and Bob Perciasepe, The Hill, Sep 10, 2015
Washington state rules target greenhouse gases; Becky Kramer, The Spokesman-Review, Sep 22, 2015
New Study Uncovers Bias in PacifiCorp Resource Planning at Customer Expense; Shane Levy, Sierra Club, Sep 22, 2015
Devil's in the details: What's in the EPA's final Clean Power Plan; Gavin Blade, Utility Dive, Aug 5, 2015
How Obama's Clean Power Plan actually works — a step-by-step guide; Brad Plumer, Vox, Aug 5, 2015
The President's Hard Carbon Emissions Push; John Donvan (Host), OnPoint, Aug 4, 2015
E&E's Power Plan Hub; E&E Publishing, 2015
Naomi Oreskes, a Lightning Rod in a Changing Climate; Justin Gillis, New York Times, Jun 15, 2015
How Europe's climate policies have led to more trees being cut down in the U.S.; Joby Warrick, The Washington Post, Jun 2, 2015
How climate change threatens the Western grid, and what to do about it; Herman K. Trabish, Utility Dive, May 29, 2015
Oregon Legislative District Climate Impact Summaries; Southern Oregon Climate Action Now, Jan 2015
2014
Climate Reality Check Network Comments on US EPA Clean Power Plan; 125 Organization Signatories including OREP, Dec 1, 2014
Yes, the U.S. can reduce emissions 80% by 2050 — in 6 graphs; David Roberts, grist, Nov 25, 2014
What's The Truth About Germany's GHG Emissions?; Roy Hales, CleanTechnica, Nov 16, 2014
These teens are taking their climate lawsuit all the way to the Supreme Court; Sam Bliss, Grist, Oct 22, 2014
Oceans Getting Hotter Than Anybody Realized; John Upton, Climate Central, Oct 5, 2014
Beyond Treaties: A New Way of Framing Global Climate Action; Fred Pearce, Yale360, Sept 29, 2014
Fixing Climate Change May Add No Costs, Report Says; Justin Gillis, New York Times, Sept 16, 2014
Climate impacts of Natural Gas Production and LNG export; Sierra Club, et al, Aug 2014
Accounting for the Expanding Carbon Shadow From Coal-Burning Plants; Andrew Revkin, New York Times, Aug 28, 2014
Unions Confronting the Climate Crisis; Labor Network for Sustainability, Aug, 2014
Europe is burning our forests for "renewable" energy. Wait, what?; Ben Adler, Grist, Aug 25, 2014
GAO finds no fault with 'social cost of carbon'; Benjamin Goad, The Hill, Aug, 25, 2014
Natural Law: Does the public trust doctrine that protects air, water, and endangered species apply to climate?; Mary DeMocker, Oregon Quarterly, Autumn 2014
Nuclear and Carbon Capture Aren't Scalable Compared to Wind Energy; Mike Barnard, Barnard on Wind, Jul 26, 2014
Carbon emissions from German power sector "balanced" in 2013; Craig Morris, Renewables International, March 19, 2014
US Army colonel: world is sleepwalking to a global energy crisis; Nafeez Ahmed, The Guardian, January 17, 2014
U.N. Says Lag in Confronting Climate Woes Will Be Costly; Justin Gillis, The New York Times, January 16, 2014
2013
The Entire IPCC Report in 19 Illustrated Haiku; Anna Fahey, Sightline Institute, December 16, 2013
EPA's new carbon rule sparks battle over CCS, with legal challenges likely; Jean Chemnick, Greenwire, September 20, 2013
2012 was one of the 10 warmest years on record globally; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, August 6, 2013
Global carbon dioxide levels set to pass 400ppm milestone; John Vidal, the Guardian, April 29, 2013
Climate Change Is in the Air; Rosana Francescato, RenewableEnergyWorld.com, April 25, 2013
Copenhagen's Ambitious Push To Be Carbon Neutral by 2025; Justin Gerdes, Yale Environment 360, April 11, 2013
2012
Climate change is here — and worse than we thought; Dr. James Hansen, Washington Post, August 3, 2012
The Conversion of a Climate-Change Skeptic; Richard A. Muller, The New York Times, July 28, 2012
Global Warming's Terrifying New Math: Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is; Bill McKibben, Rolling Stone, July 19, 2012
Death to PV Subsidies; Tim Keating, Renewable Energy World Contributor, February 3, 2012
Full cost accounting for the life cycle of coal; Epstein, P. R., et. al., Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 1219, February 2011
Mining Coal, Mounting Costs - The Life Cycle Consequences of Coal, Harvard Medical School, Center for Health and the Global Environment, February 2011
2009
An Overview of Potential Economic Costs to Oregon of a Business-As-Usual Approach to Climate Change; Ernie Niemi, et al, Climate Leadership Initiative, February 17, 2009
An Overview of Potential Economic Costs to Washington of a Business-As-Usual Approach to Climate Change; Ernie Niemi, et al, Climate Leadership Initiative, February 17, 2009