Environment & Sustainability

Maren is smiling and wearing a blue scarf.

Maren Costa Builds Council Run on West Seattle Roots and Climate Organizing

Last week The Urbanist took a peek at how the Seattle's Council District 1 race is shaping up, and former Amazon tech worker turned...

Washington’s State Transportation Budget Faces Multiple Time Bombs

The final piece of the decades-long replacement of the SR 520 bridge will move forward thanks to funding authorized this year, but Washington State's overall transportation budget is on rockier ground.

Sunday Video: How Oysters Could Stop A Flood

Vox explains how oysters could reduce flooding in the New York City area and other places as sea level rises. But restoring oyster reefs...

Seattle’s Trolleybus Fleet To Get New Supercharged Batteries

King County Metro's entire trolleybus fleet is set to get upgrades to their batteries that will allow them to remain off-wire three times longer.

Week of Action: Washington Can’t Wait for Environmental Justice

For the upcoming 2021 Washington legislative session, Futurewise is proposing several significant changes to the state’s Growth Management Act. Under its campaign called Washington...
A battery-powered bus during a press event.

Metro’s Battery Bus Plan Hinges on Need to Grow Service and Revenue

In September, King County Metro filed a report on their battery bus implementation plan. Like the Kenmore water taxi report, this paper is the...
Wallingford's Shell gas station. (Photo by Matthew Metz)

Ban New Gas Stations and Require Cleanups to Tackle the Big Polluter on the...

In the midst of the lively local restaurants and coffee shops on N 45th Street in Seattle’s Wallingford neighborhood is a business bearing the...

Bringing Baugruppe To Seattle

How the City could lead the US in piloting an innovative model for better housing. Imagine with me: what if Seattle had a model for...