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Northwest Businesses Weigh In -- or Bow Out -- on Energy Policy

Posted by Anna Fahey
05/19/2009 12:10 PM
Which Northwest giants are in the game; which on the sidelines?
Microsoft SignThis fall, Northwest-based global businesses Nike and Starbucks led a group of consumer brands to publicly champion muscular, science-based climate and energy policies. These companies are on the field, playing hardball politics in support of serious efforts to address climate change and jumpstart a clean energy economy.

At a moment when the biggest climate and energy bill ever is moving in Congress, the EPA is finalizing its ruling on greenhouse gases, and Obama just announced major strides on tailpipe standards for auto emissions, where are all the other Northwest companies on climate policy? Amazon? Microsoft? Boeing?

Mostly, as far as we can tell, they seem to be on the sidelines, sitting out the contest. Doing so, however, may contradict their own corporate positions on climate policy. And in politics, silence can be taken as support for the status quo.

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Seattle Initiative Aims for 5000 Energy Audits

Posted by Roger Valdez
05/18/2009 10:40 PM
Seattle joins retrofit race.
Green Building Seattle We have written before about incentive programs to promote energy efficiency in Portland and Vancouver, including a post that featured the race to find programs that also create jobs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. That post mentioned Seattle’s new program—the Green Building Capital Initiative—which was announced on Earth Day. Now, a closer look at that program, some of its key elements and how it compares others in the region.
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