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Environment & Sustainability

Sunday Video: The Trains That Killed An Italian Airline

Not Just Bikes explores how high-speed rail in Italy killed off an entire airline and tries it out firsthand. Not Just Bikes also explains...

Local Governments Voice Support for Retaining Washington’s Signature Climate Law

The City of Kenmore was the first city to pass a resolution officially opposing Initiative 2117. Others have followed, but big cities like Seattle and Bellevue have not weighed in.
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Telosa: What We Can Learn from Utopian Myths

As a child, I watched a documentary at school about Arcosanti, a utopian city in the desert founded on the idea that environmental sustainability...

City Council Creates New Central Area Design Review Board and Guidelines, Adopts New Energy...

On Monday, the Seattle City Council commissioned design guidelines and a new design review board specifically for the Central Area. The design program will...
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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...

A Walkable Aurora Avenue

You’ve driven down Aurora, but have you ever walked it? Chances are, you haven’t. And nobody would blame you. The street is not designed...

Sunday Video: How “Forever Chemicals” Polluted America’s Water

https://youtu.be/sZHuZkUUYM4 Throughout America, "forever chemicals" are polluting waterways because they effectively cannot be broken down. Vox explains how that happened and what that means for...

Will These Four Housing Bills Pass the Washington State Legislature This Year?

Four land use bills affecting housing are at a critical juncture in the 2019 session of the Washington State Legislature. Both houses have passed...