Caleb Heeringa is the deputy press secretary covering the Pacific Northwest / Mountain West for the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign.
Dec 21 2020
On Friday, the Oregon Public Utility Commission denied PacifiCorp the ability to charge its customers for capital expenditures at its Jim Bridger coal plant, ruling that the utility failed to…
Dec 15 2020
Today Gov. Jay Inslee announced a bold plan to address Washington state’s fastest-growing source of climate pollution: emissions from gas appliances in homes, schools and businesses. The Healthy…
Dec 10 2020
Today the Washington Utility and Transportation Commission unanimously approved utilities' request that they be able to roll many COVID-related expenses into the rates charged to Washington families…
Dec 8 2020
Today a coalition of Seattle-area climate organizations sent a letter to King County Executive Dow Constantine, the County Council and the head of King County Metro, asking that the county stop…
Oct 29 2020
Today Puget Sound Energy (PSE) announced they will no longer pursue a plan to sell their stake in Colstrip Unit 4 and transmission capacity to Montana’s NorthWestern Energy and Talen Montana,…
Oct 7 2020
Puget Sound Energy’s proposed sale of its ownership share of a Montana coal plant would likely increase climate pollution, raise monthly costs for PSE customers and handicap the utility’s ability to…
Sep 23 2020
OLYMPIA - With thousands of low-income families at risk of having their electricity shut off and being driven into debt by utility bills, a coalition of consumer, environmental and social justice…
Jul 15 2020
SEATTLE - Today the Seattle City Council unanimously voted to advance a plan to invest more than $20 million annually into Green New Deal programs, creating local clean energy jobs that will…
Jun 1 2020
On Friday, Gov. Jay Inslee extended the moratorium on utilities shutting off essential services for non-payment through July 28. A copy of the Governor’s declaration is available HERE. The…
May 28 2020
Washington state’s moratorium on utility shutoffs is due to expire at the beginning of next week, leaving thousands of low-income Washington families at risk of losing access to water, electricity,…