Thread by @pfairley

THREAD #Cascadia thinks green. We think we're they climate leader that we Can, Should and Must be. But despite promises + initiatives, #GHG emissions from #BritishColumbia, #Washington & #Oregon just keep rising. 1/9
#GtZ #PNW @invw Viz by @compatibilism @grist

Today @invw launched a year-long reporting project about #Cascadia's capacity to gear-up on climate action, get off fossil fuels, and slash carbon emissions... A deep dive on how 1 region can DECARBONIZE. 2/9
#GtZ #PNW #BritishColumbia @springshoeanimation

@invw's series Getting to Zero: Decarbonizing Cascadia opens with #BritishColumbia, #Washington & #Oregon's Lost Decade - How #Cascadia set some of North America's first and boldest #GHG targets, and failed to deliver. 3/9
invw.org/2021/01/11/how…

Yes, #Cascadia's economies expanded 26 percent after the Great Recession. But so did #California. It had policies to guide economic growth - particularly to temper growing emissions from cars and trucks. #BC #WA & #OR did not. 4/9
@invw #GtZ #PNW

All year we'll be exploring the people, policies and firms working to finally start transforming #Cascadia into the climate fighter its residents expect and need. It's an ambitious reporting project, nearly unique in its cross-border US-Canadian focus. 5/9
#GtZ #PNW

@invw teamed w/ #PNW/Cdn nonprofit journalism leaders to realize the #GtZ project's ambition: Grist.org @Crosscut @TheTyee JeffersonPublicRadio @southseattleemerald @theevergrey @AP and more. Each customize stories for their audiences. 6/9
thetyee.ca/News/2021/01/1…

Want to be sure to catch every story as Getting to Zero: Decarbonizing #Cascadia rolls out through 2021? Subscribe to @invw's weekly newsletter: bit.ly/invw-newsletter. 7/9

New to the concept of #Cascadia? It's a still-evolving moniker with multiple meanings: Bioregion... Eco-social liberation movement... Culture zone that spans the US-Canada border, as captured in #YVR band @saidthewhale's 2019 title track. 8/9

But for @invw's #GtZ project, #Cascadia = #BritishColumbia #WashingtonState & #Oregon. All have big extractive industries + high-tech cities + fast-diversifying populations, use a lot of renewable hydropower, and face common challenges in the transition from fossil fuels. 9/9

Unroll me @threadreaderapp