Environment & Sustainability

The Capitol building in Olympia is marble colored and include pillars and a dome in the classic style.

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...

Rollback of Stricter Energy Code Advances to Seattle City Council

With permit applications for new apartment buildings still down in Seattle, the Harrell Administration is hoping to hit the brakes on a planned ramp-up of additional energy efficiency requirements in new buildings.

Sunday Video: The Innovative Way Ghent Removed Cars From The City

https://vimeo.com/379854529 Officials from Ghent talk about how their circulation plan helped transform the city to a higher walking and biking mode share in a very...

Sunday Video: Why 99% of Ocean Plastic Is “Missing”

https://youtu.be/fsjvwQclGLo Vox looks into why plastic is “missing” in the world’s oceans.

Sunday Video: New York Is Building a Wall to Hold Back the Ocean

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9asEJokafM New York City has plans for a new sea wall on Staten Island. The sea wall is in response to the global climate emergency...

Wonkabout: Washington Still Can’t Wait

Futurewise 2021 Legislative Wrap-Up: Our efforts to address climate change, housing affordability, and environmental justice through comprehensive planning.  At Futurewise, we believe that everyone deserves to live...

City Nature Challenge Kicks Off April 30

Participate in an annual international effort to document the biodiversity found in cities.  We tend to think of cities as the domain of homo sapiens,...

Community Transit Rolls Out Region’s First Hydrogen-Fueled Bus

A new hydrogen fuel cell bus has arrived in Snohomish County, offering another path toward fleet electrification goals for the county’s main transit provider.