Kelly Trumbull
@ktrumbull.bsky.social
Climate & Energy Researcher @Sightline.org. Views my own. ⚽⛷️🌈
Not just the fastest, or the cheapest, or the best, but the *only* possible solution to climate change is a rapid global buildout of clean energy infrastructure. If you're standing in the way of that, you're not working on climate change & should be honest with yourself about your priorities.
‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens — theonion.com/no-way-to-pr...
‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens
ISLA VISTA, CA—In the days following a violent rampage in southern California in which a lone attacker killed seven individuals, including himself, and seriously injured over a dozen others, citizens ...
theonion.com
Since 2020, electricity bills have risen 34% for customers of investor-owned utilities, but only 19% for customers of publicly owned utilities. Nuking the IOU model & making all distribution utilities publicly owned: people are saying.
One Home’s Power Bill Is $500. A Half-Mile Away, It’s 70% Lower
The stark difference reflects a growing national divide between investor-owned utilities and public power providers
bloomberg.com
Today's the deadline to register to vote in Oregon! Make sure your registration is up to date: https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/pages/registration.aspx?lang=en
Oregon Secretary of State : Oregon Online Voter Registration : State of Oregon
Register to vote, update your registration, or change political parties.
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Breaking! WA state supreme court overturns Initiative 2066 -- the anti-climate, pro-natural gas ballot initiative that would have hamstrung the state's efforts to move to cleaner, healthier buildings. Onward! www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
WA top court deals death blow to natural gas initiative
A measure approved by voters in 2024 sought to protect access to natural gas in Washington and weaken codes that make it more difficult to install gas in homes.
seattletimes.com
The Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Initiative 2066, the voter-approved measure restricting state and local efforts to discourage natural gas use, is unconstitutional because it violates Washington’s single-subject rule. www.olympicherald.com/supreme-cour...
Supreme Court Strikes Down Initiative 2066, Finding Natural Gas Measure Violated Single-Subject Rule
The Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Initiative 2066, the voter-approved measure restricting state and local efforts to discourage natural gas use, is unconstitutional because it violates…
olympicherald.com
The Home Energy Choice Act passed in California! Utilities will now offer households impacted by planned gas service line replacements an incentive to electrify instead. This move actually saves all ratepayers money. Would love to see something like this in Oregon 👀 earthjustice.org/press/2026/c...
California Legislature Passes the Home Energy Choice Act
AB 2313 will give Californians the freedom and funds for non-polluting appliances with money that would otherwise be spent replacing gas service lines
earthjustice.org
👀The Home Energy Choice Act (AB 2313) is before the California Senate's energy committee next Tuesday. It’s the “biggest no-brainer of the state legislative session” according to @earthjustice.org @righttozero.bsky.social earthjustice.org/experts/matt...
Californians Deserve to Choose the Energy Source for their Homes — a New Bill Would Give Them the Freedom and Funds to Do So
The Home Energy Choice Act (AB 2313) is the biggest no-brainer of the state legislative session
earthjustice.org
We only want you to sweat when you want to sweat. 😎 1 out of 5 Oregonians don't have cooling at home. With our summers growing hotter due to climate change, it's more important than ever we get energy efficient heat pumps in every home for cooling. Because we also don't want you to sweat your bill.
Air Conditioning Is Becoming More Vital to Oregon’s Public Health and Safety — Oregon Journalism Project
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Some Dem politicians are embracing “climate hushing”—but our electric grid opinion poll with FM3 Research found climate and clean energy framing to be the most convincing for Democrats, by far, and that it *deepens* support on the left.
Messaging the Northwest’s Energy Future | Sightline Institute
A modernized, high-capacity electric grid is essential for achieving Washington and Oregon’s climate and clean energy goals and for connecting Cascadian homes and businesses to reliable, affordable power as the region’s energy demand grows. Much of this critical public infrastructure is over 50 years old, requiring basic repairs as well as upgrades and expansion to ... Read more
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New Research Outlines Policy Recommendations for Grid Modernization in the Pacific Northwest
Two new reports from the Sightline Institute underscore the importance of grid modernization and permitting reform in helping Oregon and Washington achieve their decarbonization mandates.
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New report(s): If the PNW wants a fighting chance at freeing itself from fossil fuels, we need to string more transmission lines—fast.
Clear the Lines: Policy and Messaging for the Electric Grid the Northwest Needs
Two Sightline reports detail how Oregon and Washington can build a robust energy and climate future.
sightline.org
Serious wildland-urban interface (WUI) fire situation in Spokane, WA amid "extremely critical/Particularly Dangerous Situation" fire weather conditions. Two separate fires, #OldTrailsFire & #FairViewFire, are actively burning near/in neighborhoods; mass evacs ongoing. #WAwx
This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
The latest in @1000oregon.bsky.social's Wildfire Wednesday series: The rising risks and costs of megafires in Oregon. @rpelai.bsky.social
The Rising Costs of Oregon’s Sprawl into Fire Country | Sightline Institute
This article is part of Wildfire Wednesday, a storytelling project from 1000 Friends of Oregon that explores how land use decisions shape Oregon’s wildfire risk. Sightline broke down the risk and cost...
sightline.org
"A new report has revealed that 90 per cent of utility-scale renewable energy capacity added in 2025 was cheaper than the lowest-cost new fossil fuel alternative, helping to avoid an estimated $480 billion in fossil fuel costs by year’s end."
Renewables remain cheapest new power option, and avoided $US480bn in fossil fuel costs in 2025
Renewables described as not only the cheapest new power source around the world, but also a “prime geopolitical shock absorber” in new report.
reneweconomy.com.au
“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.” “Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath Some costs are savings.
Washington just made a power move for clean energy. Oregon—you’re up. @ktrumbull.bsky.social
Washington State Did Something Big for the Power Grid—Oregon Could Be Next
Washington’s new transmission authority can help plan, build, and finance the power lines necessary for harnessing clean energy.
sightline.org
Oregon is good at coffee, craft beer, and outdoor adventures. But it is not good at building new power lines—the linchpin of the state’s transition to clean energy. @ktrumbull.bsky.social has solutions to help crucial grid projects move forward.
Four Ways to Get More Power Lines—and Clean Power—for Oregonians | Sightline Institute
Oregon may be one of the hardest places to build transmission lines. Here’s how to change that.
sightline.org
“I think [NW Natural and gas utilities nationwide] will need to figure out if they want to be part of the solution or if they want to continue to obstruct progress toward the inevitable.” @emilymoore.bsky.social @oregonian.com @gosiawoz.bsky.social
oregonlive.com
New @sightline.org report w/ @emilymoore.bsky.social!🔥 Policy tools to ⬇️ #wildfire risk in the PNW: steer development away from risky areas, strengthen building codes, rebuild safer post-disaster, disclose hazard to renters/buyers & price insurance accurately. www.sightline.org/fire-hazard-...
Fire Hazard: The Mounting Costs of Northwest Sprawl
Honest information about homes’ fire risk can forge the way for more transformative changes to build out of harm’s way.
sightline.org
Let's do for wildfires what we’ve done for floods: stopping sprawl to risky areas, retrofitting homes to withstand fire, and rebuilding in places less likely to burn. @rpelai.bsky.social @emilymoore.bsky.social
11% of Northwest Residents Live in Fire Country; 100% Pay the Price | Sightline Institute
1.6 million people live in high hazard areas. As the region continues to build in flammable landscapes, policymakers can protect communities with smarter building choices and the truth about rising ri...
sightline.org
I've been wondering when the insurance industry would go after big oil...
Los Angeles Times@latimes.com · 9mo agoCalifornia bill would make fossil fuel companies help pay for rising insurance costs
Learned from @emilymoore.bsky.social that the first high-voltage transmission line was in Portland at @opb.org’s energy event tonight! @sightline.org
It took me 5m to call 2 senators & leave a voicemail saying they should oppose any bill that would appropriate money for the extrajudicial killing of Americans (this appropriations bill is like a week away fyi)
Share the Cities Collective@sharethecities.bsky.social · 9mo ago📱 📞 ☎️
WA needs poles and wires in the ground, fast. State leaders can step up by creating a transmission authority, removing redundancies in project approval processes, focusing enviro analysis, and other recs from @emilymoore.bsky.social and @ktrumbull.bsky.social
How the 2026 Washington Legislature Can Right-Size the Power Grid | Sightline Institute
A transmission authority, plus three other ideas, to speed development of the transmission lines Washingtonians needed yesterday.
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