Sunday Video: The Price of Saving Paradise

https://youtu.be/guzxgAOuPzI Bloomberg QuickTake looks at how Paradise, California may pursue conversion of forestland and vacant exurban properties destroyed by wildfires into park space to stop...

The Persistence of Seattle’s Smoke Show

In this episode, managing editor Natalie Argerious and reporter Ray Dubicki discuss the lingering haze over Seattle and all of Western Washington. After a...

Calls Mount to End the Era of Unquestioned Highway Expansion

Washington continues to build new highways even as maintenance, safety, and community needs continue to grow. America Walks is pushing for a nationwide reconsideration of continued highway expansion.

Sunday Video: How Fracking Became America’s Money Pit

https://youtu.be/jFWHxZpF9rc It turns out that fracking is not as lucrative as it was once thought, Bloomberg Quicktake explains.
A woman in a wheelchair and five other advocates at a Tacoma bus stop.

BIPOC and Disability Advocates Zero In on Highway Spending

On March 9th, advocacy organizations Front and Centered and Disability Rights Washington held the first of a series of press conferences calling for Washington...
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2022 Legislative Session Preview: Next Steps Forward on Greenhouse Gas Reduction

Top goals include passing a transit-focused transportation package and reforming growth management. The impacts of climate change are upon us. Just this year, we’ve seen wildfire...

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...

Seattle’s Salt Addiction

Treating roads with salt has many negative environmental impacts. Why are SDOT and the City of Seattle so proud of how much salt is...