City of Seattle Purchases 18-Acre Laurelhurst Property, Scuttling Sprawl Plans

The $64 million sale of the hotly contested Talaris property in Laurelhurst surprised housing advocates who had long been fighting sprawl and pushing for a more forward-thinking urban vision. But with considerable roadblocks to redevelopment still in place, Talaris's future remains uncertain.
A forest engulfed in flames.

Our House Is on Fire: Shaun Scott is Bringing a Hose, Pedersen is Roasting...

Climate policy is taking center stage in the Seattle City Council District 4 race. Shaun Scott was an early backer of the Seattle Green...

Cascadia High-Speed Rail: Climate Implications Makes Business Case Even Stronger

On Monday, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) released a Ultra-High Speed Ground Transportation Business Case Analysis that shows considerable upside for connecting...

Natural Light In Buildings: NIMBY Rhetoric Or Livability Staple

Cities face a complex web of interconnected problems today — affordability, transportation, safety, livability and many others. Often these problems appear to be in...

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.

Sunday Video: Destruction of the Amazon

https://youtu.be/SAZAKPUQMw0 Why is the Amazon rainforest seeing yet another massive deforestation wave and burning after years of significant falling deforestation rates? And what does that...

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...
Space Needle shrouded in wildfire smoke from Oregon and California in late summer 2020.

Carbon Notes May Help Seattle Council Make Smarter Climate Decisions

I woke up coughing this weekend--no, not from Covid-19--from wildfire smoke that’s settled on Seattle like a clammy yellow shroud. Last Friday was a better...