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With a combined population of 52 million and a GDP of $2.5 trillion, Alaska, British Columbia, California, Oregon and Washington are poised to emerge as a mega-region and global economic powerhouse driven by innovation, energy, geographic location and sustainable resource management, attracting new jobs and investment while enhancing an already unparalleled quality of life.

On June 30, 2008, the leaders of the five jurisdictions signed the Pacific Coast Collaborative Agreement, the first agreement that brings together the Pacific leaders as a common front to set a cooperative direction into the Pacific Century.  Out of this agreement was born the Pacific Coast Collaborative -- a formal basis for cooperative action, a forum for leadership and information sharing, and a common voice on issues facing Pacific North America.

 Regional Events

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Location
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California and the World Ocean 2010 Conference Use SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
San Francisco, CA9/7/2010 12:00 AM
Oregon BEST FEST 2010Use SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Portland, OR9/13/2010 12:00 AM
EnergyOcean Pacific 2010Use SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Portland, OR9/29/2010 12:00 AM
Governors Global Cimate Summit 3Use SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Davis, CA11/15/2010 12:00 AM
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 Front Page Photo Credits

  • Alaska: All images - public domain
  • British Columbia: All images - Province of British Columbia
  • California: Big Sur - Ashley Blacow; Poppies - California Dept. of Water Resources; Solar Panels - CA Office of the Governor
  • Oregon: All images - State of Oregon
  • Washington: Skyline - public domain; Beach and Olympic National Forest - National Parks Service

 News From the Region


July 28, 2010: Washington Department of Transportation Launches West Coast Green Highway website
The West Coast Green Highway website highlights public/private partnership activities to advance the use of alternative fuel and electric vehicles along the I-5 corridor in British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and California. 

July 9 2010: Gov. Schwarzenegger Announces Governors’ Global Climate Summit 3 To Be Held At UC Davis This Fall
SACRAMENTO - Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today announced he will host the Governors’ Global Climate Summit 3 at the world renowned Mondavi Center at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) on November 15 and 16. The third annual summit will bring together leaders from around the world to collaborate on efforts that will further the global fight against climate change, work towards collaborative actions to help reduce emissions and build green economies.

June 28, 2010: Gov. Gregoire announces plan to launch nation’s first electric highway
OLYMPIA – Gov. Chris Gregoire announced today that... Washington State’s transportation and commerce departments are teaming up to implement the nation’s first “electric highway,” an initial network of public access electric vehicle (EV) recharging locations along Interstate 5. Once implemented, Washington will have the first border to border highway to offer fast charge technology

May 20, 2010: California, Oregon, and Washington Take Action Toward Healthy Oceans, Coasts and Coastal Communities
OLYMPIA/SALEM/SACRAMENTO - The Governors of California, Oregon, and Washington today released eight issue-specific work plans to improve and sustain the health of the three states’ shared coastal and ocean resources and the communities that depend on them.

May 1, 2010: B.C. Offers Assistance to Deal with Gulf Oil Spill
VICTORIA – British Columbia is offering to send Environmental Emergency Response Officers to the Gulf of Mexico to assist in the clean-up operations currently underway to deal with the recent explosion on board a drilling rig, Premier Gordon Campbell announced today.

April 28, 2010: New Act Powers B.C. Forward with Clean Energy and Jobs
VICTORIA, BC: British Columbia’s new Clean Energy Act ... advances 16 specific energy objectives by expediting clean energy investments, protecting B.C. ratepayers, ensuring competitive rates, encouraging conservation, strengthening environmental protection and aggressively promoting regional job creation and First Nations’ involvement in clean electricity development opportunities.

February 12, 2010: Pacific Leaders Take Action on Clean Energy, Transportation, Ocean Conservation
VANCOUVER, BC: Leaders from British Columbia, California, Oregon, and Washington have signed on to a series of joint actions that will help create jobs, strengthen the Pacific Coast economy, advance action on climate change and clean energy, and protect the marine environment.

December 17, 2009: B.C. Working with California to Reduce Vehicle Emissions
VICTORIA, BC /SACRAMENTO, CA – British Columbia and the California Air Resources Board have signed a MOU to pave the way for stringent greenhouse gas emissions standards for new light-duty vehicles.