A repository for digital copies of the original, printed Energy Activist. Written for people who don't analyze energy policy for a living, The Energy Activist helped Coalition members and allies keep track of often complex energy and salmon issues. Each edition explores a key issue affecting the Northwest's energy future.
The newest edition of The Energy Activist chronicles the recent four-state hearing process for the Northwest Power and Conservation Plan.
In city after city, state after state, hundreds rallied and spoke for a Northwest Power and Conservation Plan to boost our use of energy efficiency and renewable energy.
Efficiency Works!
Everyone benefits when utility incentives motivate real-world upgrades
FIN and friends sound salmon alarm coast-to-coast
In a 20-state, 3-month migration, the giant fish named FIN crossed the country to tell Americans about the plight of Columbia and Snake river salmon and of fishing communities up and down the West Coast.
Winning the War on Coal
Coal is on the ropes, but its backers aren’t about to throw in the towel.
NW Energy Coalition’s 25th Anniversary
Fresh off some of its greatest victories, the NW Energy Coalition charges into its second quarter century.
Coalition stalwarts recall the personalities, the battles, the joys and accomplishments in 25 years of fighting for a clean energy future.
Clean energy: good business and good for business
Across the Northwest, companies large and small are investing in energy efficiency and renewable generation. This Energy Activist edition explores the business case for energy efficiency and renewables and looks at what some
companies are doing.
Out of Balance
Low-income families are facing their own energy crisis. Can clean and affordable energy help even things up? This edition of the Energy Activist considers the situation now facing the region’s low-income energy consumers, the programs available to them and the gaps in our energy safety net. They offer a vision of meeting people’s power needs and improving everyone’s lives with affordable and clean energy.
Archival editions of the Energy Activist. All issues are in PDF format.
The NW Energy Coalition is an alliance of more than 100 environmental, civic, and human service organizations, progressive utilities, and businesses in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Alaska and British Columbia. We promote development of renewable energy and energy conservation, consumer protection, low-income energy assistance, and fish and wildlife restoration on the Columbia and Snake rivers.
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