Environment & Sustainability

Village @ Totem Lake from Totem Lake Park

Totem Lake Shoulders Kirkland’s Transformation and Growth

Yet designing for cars continues to be a problem in the city's fastest growing neighborhood. When cataloging development in Kirkland, it's evident where the City...

Sunday Video: A Green Duwamish

https://vimeo.com/103524522 Green/Duwamish Watershed Strategy by King County on Vimeo.
Geothermal well completed in Paris suburban Cachen in 2017(Courtesy of Dalkia)

How Geothermal Energy Makes All Cities More Efficient

In 2014 and 2017, the Washington Geological Survey was awarded grants by the Department of Energy to prospect and validate geothermal resources throughout the...

Is King County Metro Headed for an Electrification Reset?

King County Metro is set to spend hundreds of millions of dollars over the coming years on electrifying its fleet and converting its bus bases, but the question of whether those projects come at the expense of transit service is set to get a closer look thanks to a provision in the county's 2025 budget.
two trains at a station with little glass orbs sculpture overhead

Sound Transit Prepares to Unpause Nine Project Actions and Moves to Surplus Angle Lake...

On Thursday, the Sound Transit Board of Directors met to decide on the fate of more than a dozen paused capital project actions. Nine...

King County’s Proposed 2020 Strategic Climate Action Plan Centers Environmental Justice

But questions remain around whether or not ambitious greenhouse gas reduction targets represent empty promises given the challenges posed by growth in the region. Last...

Sunday Video: This Lake Now Has Legal Rights, Just Like You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwhcrpJTzGQ Under a new law, Lake Erie has been given rights in the same way that people and corporations have them. But what is the...

Climate Pledge Arena, Season 2: Better Food, Frostier Drinks, Lots of Goals

To be honest, it’s a little difficult to decide whether this is a food review, a hockey game report, or a look at the...