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<p>The Mount Vernon News was family owned from 1939 until it was sold in 2020 to a “pink slime” media company with ties to conservative billionaires. Then it began publishing one-sided articles that make dubious claims about solar power.</p><p>(Published Oct. 2024)<br><a href="https://propub.li/3CY5WFR" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>propub.li/3CY5WFR</a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/gas/" rel="tag">#Gas</a> <a href="/tags/fossilfuels/" rel="tag">#FossilFuels</a> <a href="/tags/solar/" rel="tag">#Solar</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/billionaires/" rel="tag">#Billionaires</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a></p>

<p>Industry documents obtained by ProPublica reveal how NW Natural, Oregon’s largest natural gas company, pursued an approach that ended up perpetuating its core fossil fuel business while the company painted a picture of going green.</p><p>(Published Sept. 2024)<br><a href="https://propub.li/3PlzCQ7" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>propub.li/3PlzCQ7</a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/green/" rel="tag">#Green</a> <a href="/tags/cleanenergy/" rel="tag">#CleanEnergy</a> <a href="/tags/fossilfuels/" rel="tag">#FossilFuels</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/gas/" rel="tag">#Gas</a></p>

<p>2025-06-04</p><p>Today&#x27;s Canadian wildfire smoke forecast</p><p><a href="https://firesmoke.ca/forecasts/current/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="firesmoke.ca/forecasts/current/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">firesmoke.ca/forecasts/current</span><span class="invisible">/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#Canada</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a><br><a href="/tags/fossilfuels/" rel="tag">#FossilFuels</a> </p><p>Note: various towns in Canada are under evacuation orders due to these wildfires</p>

<p>North Dakota Sued the Interior Department at Least Five Times Under Gov. Doug Burgum. Now He’s Set to Run the Agency.<br>—</p><p>The state was hostile to Interior Department policies during the Biden administration. A review of its lawsuits under Burgum reveals an aggressively pro-fossil fuel agenda.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/doug-burgum-north-dakota-interior-department-trump?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/doug-burgum-north-dakota-interior-department-trump?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/dou</span><span class="invisible">g-burgum-north-dakota-interior-department-trump?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/northdakota/" rel="tag">#NorthDakota</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/fossilfuels/" rel="tag">#FossilFuels</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/gas/" rel="tag">#Gas</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a></p>

<p>🔥 🇨🇦 🗺️ With Canada warming twice as fast as the global average (Government of Canada 2019), and home to more than a quarter of the world’s boreal forests, the country is experiencing this consequence of global heating firsthand.</p><p><a href="/tags/climateemergency/" rel="tag">#ClimateEmergency</a> <br><a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#Canada</a> <a href="/tags/wildfire/" rel="tag">#Wildfire</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#Nature</a> <br><a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/fossilfuels/" rel="tag">#FossilFuels</a> <br><a href="/tags/alberta/" rel="tag">#Alberta</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <br><a href="/tags/cdnpoli/" rel="tag">#Cdnpoli</a> <a href="/tags/cdnpoli/" rel="tag">#Cdnpoli</a> <br> <a href="https://climateinstitute.ca/news/fact-sheet-wildfires/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="climateinstitute.ca/news/fact-sheet-wildfires/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">climateinstitute.ca/news/fact-</span><span class="invisible">sheet-wildfires/</span></a></p>

<p>&quot;The <a href="/tags/grassroots/" rel="tag">#grassroots</a> are partners, not enemies….Protect Monterey County first successfully fought for the right of local communities to make decisions about oil production….What began as a Central Coast effort has codified the rights of all Californians to protect the health and welfare of their neighborhoods, and create the climate progress we need.”—California Assemblymember Dawn Addis, reporting on Climate Week NYC. <a href="https://www.montereycountynow.com/opinion/forum/from-sacramento-to-manhattan-a-local-california-assemblymember-reports-back-from-climate-week/article_8d57308c-4d11-4418-8297-e303b1c44112.html#tncms-source=mosaic" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.montereycountynow.com/opinion/forum/from-sacramento-to-manhattan-a-local-california-assemblymember-reports-back-from-climate-week/article_8d57308c-4d11-4418-8297-e303b1c44112.html#tncms-source=mosaic"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.montereycountynow.com/opin</span><span class="invisible">ion/forum/from-sacramento-to-manhattan-a-local-california-assemblymember-reports-back-from-climate-week/article_8d57308c-4d11-4418-8297-e303b1c44112.html#tncms-source=mosaic</span></a></p><p>ICYMI, some history of Protect <a href="/tags/monterey/" rel="tag">#Monterey</a> County: <a href="https://bikemonterey.org/risky-oil-operations-in-monterey-county.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bikemonterey.org/risky-oil-operations-in-monterey-county.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bikemonterey.org/risky-oil-ope</span><span class="invisible">rations-in-monterey-county.html</span></a>. Photo of Dennis Banks on Salinas River Beach, 9 years ago today, 3 October 2016.<br><a href="/tags/grassrootsvolunteers/" rel="tag">#GrassrootsVolunteers</a> <a href="/tags/peoplepower/" rel="tag">#PeoplePower</a> <a href="/tags/powertothepeople/" rel="tag">#PowerToThePeople</a> <a href="/tags/aim/" rel="tag">#AIM</a> <a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a> <a href="/tags/nativeamericans/" rel="tag">#NativeAmericans</a> <a href="/tags/americanindians/" rel="tag">#AmericanIndians</a> <a href="/tags/montereybay/" rel="tag">#MontereyBay</a> <a href="/tags/salinasriverbeach/" rel="tag">#SalinasRiverBeach</a> <a href="/tags/bigoil/" rel="tag">#BigOil</a> <a href="/tags/waterpollution/" rel="tag">#WaterPollution</a> <a href="/tags/oilproduction/" rel="tag">#OilProduction</a> <a href="/tags/cleanwater/" rel="tag">#CleanWater</a> <a href="/tags/fossilfuels/" rel="tag">#FossilFuels</a> <a href="/tags/salinasvalley/" rel="tag">#SalinasValley</a> <a href="/tags/climateaction/" rel="tag">#ClimateAction</a> <a href="/tags/climatecrisis/" rel="tag">#ClimateCrisis</a> <a href="/tags/forthefuture/" rel="tag">#ForTheFuture</a> <a href="/tags/climatehope/" rel="tag">#ClimateHope</a></p>

<p>Coal power is finally retreating in the world’s two largest markets. For the first time since 1973, both China and India saw coal generation drop in 2025 thanks to a relentless clean energy boom. We are witnessing the beginning of the end for the coal era. <br>​<br>​<a href="/tags/climateaction/" rel="tag">#climateaction</a> <a href="/tags/renewables/" rel="tag">#renewables</a> <a href="/tags/coaldecline/" rel="tag">#coaldecline</a> <a href="/tags/cleanenergy/" rel="tag">#cleanenergy</a> <a href="/tags/coal/" rel="tag">#coal</a> <a href="/tags/fossilfuels/" rel="tag">#fossilfuels</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/13/coal-power-generation-falls-china-india-since-1970s" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/13/coal-power-generation-falls-china-india-since-1970s"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/business/2</span><span class="invisible">026/jan/13/coal-power-generation-falls-china-india-since-1970s</span></a></p>

<p>&quot;Did you know that for every US$1,000 a person has in savings is roughly equivalent to the direct <a href="/tags/emissions/" rel="tag">#Emissions</a> generated by flying from New York to Seattle every year” </p><p><a href="/tags/banks/" rel="tag">#Banks</a> are a core part of how we store and spend money. This <a href="/tags/money/" rel="tag">#Money</a> can be invested in <a href="/tags/fossilfuels/" rel="tag">#FossilFuels</a> which negatively impacts the <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> aka <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a>. In this <a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#Blog</a> post I explained my journey switching banks and how you can to.</p><p><a href="https://primonatura.co.uk/why-i-changed-banks-for-the-planet/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="primonatura.co.uk/why-i-changed-banks-for-the-planet/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">primonatura.co.uk/why-i-change</span><span class="invisible">d-banks-for-the-planet/</span></a></p>

<p>Here we go again, e hoa mā!</p><p>Get your submissions in against the government&#x27;s push to make the Fast Track pathway even worse than it already is!</p><p>As per usual time is limited, we only have until Nov 17.</p><p>Here is our full submission guide:<br><a href="https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/story/fast-track-amendment-bill-submission-guide/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/story/fast-track-amendment-bill-submission-guide/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/st</span><span class="invisible">ory/fast-track-amendment-bill-submission-guide/</span></a></p><p>Also, Greenpeace has put together a handy tool to make it easy for you to make a submission.<br><a href="https://greenpeace.nz/fast-track" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>greenpeace.nz/fast-track</a></p><p>We made them change course last time. We can do it again!</p><p>Toitū te Tiriti, toitū te taiao!</p><p><a href="/tags/nzpol/" rel="tag">#NZPol</a> <a href="/tags/fasttrackwrongtrack/" rel="tag">#FastTrackWrongTrack</a> <a href="/tags/fossilfuels/" rel="tag">#fossilFuels</a></p>