Sunday Video: Should Cities Expand Into The Sea?

https://youtu.be/Ak-kAdhh8-o City Beautiful explores the topic of land reclamation, the process of turning shallow water areas into land.
Alaska Airlines plane takes off from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport with Mt. Rainier in the background.

We Need to Try Everything But Build a New Airport

If you sit on the Seattle waterfront on a sunny spring day you can hear a rumble in the distance. No, it’s not the...
A public mural from the New Deal arts program. (William Gropper / Public Domain)

Should The Government Invest in High-Speed Rail to Boost a Post-Pandemic Economic Recovery?

As we live through the current moment, it is difficult to understate the impact that the Covid-19 pandemic has had on the world. While...

Why I’m An Urbanist

When I was four years old, I wrote a letter to Mother Nature. Signed, sealed, and delivered to the boulder in our suburban front...
Two Navy Blue Angels planes pass each other over boats tied to a log boom in Lake Washington.

Op-Ed: It’s Time for Seattle to Cancel the Blue Angels

The highly polluting airshow should be a relic of the past as we face the climate crisis. Dear Seattle, it’s time to be as brave...

Third Cruise Terminal Cancelled, Activists Call on Port of Seattle to Phase Out Cruise...

"Is your port doing business with a dangerously unregulated industry?" If you live in Seattle, a city that prides itself on protecting workers' rights...

ST3 Is Greener Than You Think

A lot of ink has been spilled about Sound Transit's prediction that ST3 would decrease carbon emissions by "only" an additional 130,000 metric tons...

Sunday Video: How Our Food Choices Stack Up In Greenhouse Gas Emissions

https://youtu.be/3lrJYTsKdUM When it comes to food, our choices in what we eat has significant implications in our greenhouse gas emissions. Vox explains how the emissions...