DEIS Shows Options and Urgency of Pending Backyard Cottage Reform
Seattle, a city of 348,000 homes, has built just 579 backyard cottages since 1994, the year the region also enacted an urban growth boundary...
Seattle Tops 730,000 Residents in 2018, State and Region Continue to Grow
New population estimates for 2018 have been released by the Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM). The estimates differ from the annual census...
Sunday Video: How “Forever Chemicals” Polluted America’s Water
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Throughout America, "forever chemicals" are polluting waterways because they effectively cannot be broken down. Vox explains how that happened and what that means for...
Heroes and Zeroes of the Washington State Legislature, 2021 Edition
The Washington State Legislature's 2021 session adjourned on April 25th with some big wins and some big whiffs. Republicans did jack all and were...
Commute Seattle Study Shows Only 31% of Downtown Commuters Drive Alone
Commute Seattle released new survey data,with the help of EMC Research, that shows a growing percentage of Downtown commuters rely on modes other than single...
Conservation Groups Join Push Against Seattle Growth Plan
Birds Connect Seattle, Thornton Creek Alliance, and the Orca Conservancy are among the groups trying to send the City of Seattle back to the drawing board on its housing growth plan. They're pushing on behalf of an appeal that has been working its way through the courts since April.
When Thinking Globally and Acting Locally Is No Longer Optional: Why Seattle Needs Buses
The scientific evidence for anthropogenic climate change is now irrefutable.* Climate change is not some far off disaster that can be passed on to...
Are Cruise Ships Crushing Seattle’s Climate Goals?
Whether pushing for a car-centric waterfront or failing to deliver on electric shore power, the Port of Seattle’s commitment to sustainability is an open...