Exploring Industry and Nature on the Duwamish
As a volunteer with Friends of Street Ends, a group that works to open and enhance Seattle's shoreline street ends for public access, I...
Community Development Counters Eco-Gentrification from Duwamish Valley Cleanup
The Duwamish River is a contaminated Superfund site, but cleanup is underway. Advocates are pushing for community development and affordable housing to reduce displacement as the Duwamish Valley becomes more attractive.
Senator Hobbs Proposes a Highway Spending Spree and a Carbon Fee to Fund It
In the state legislature last week, Senator Steve Hobbs (D-Lake Stevens) held a listening session on a slate of long-term transportation funding and investment...
Seattle Releases Plan to Curb Climate Pollution from Buildings
Landlords are pushing to delay implementation schedules and lessen fees.
When asked about the causes of climate change, most may picture cars, coal mines, and...
Montlake SR-520 Expansion Contract Comes in $30 Million Over Budget
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) will pay a contracting firm $455 million to complete the next phase of freeway expansion through central Seattle:...
Sunday Video: The Problems With Rebuilding Beaches
https://youtu.be/e3ZYaL0Q9os
In this video, Vox explores economic, social, and enviornments issues with efforts to rebuild beaches in America.
A Unique Map Series for Seattle
If you're into maps and data as much as we are, you'll probably love this new series of maps made by the National Trust for...
Industrial [Parks]: Seattle’s Green Edges
For most folks, their mental image of a city park is somewhat focused, and kinda Victorian. It’s an Olmsted designed rolling green of trees...