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Environment & Sustainability

Map Of The Week: Is My Neighborhood Toxic?

The number may shock you, but Washington state has identified over 12,300 toxic sites. Many of these are likely right in your backyard. While half...

Climate Action and Housing Action Are One

Seattle’s housing crisis is even worse than you think, and here's the first step to fixing it. Everyone knows Seattle has a housing crisis.  And...

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.
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Op-Ed: It’s Time for Seattle to Cancel the Blue Angels

The highly polluting airshow should be a relic of the past as we face the climate crisis. Dear Seattle, it’s time to be as brave...

Mid-Session Check-In on Equitable and Sustainable Legislation

With a short legislative session, Democrats and Republicans have been moving swiftly to get bills through the legislative process. Several major bills affecting environmental...

Seattle Should Lead on Mass Timber–and Solve Our Housing Crisis

It is a little known fact that one of the biggest drivers of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions is the construction of new buildings....

Harrell and Inslee Tout Climate Work as Seattle Hosts Bloomberg Summit

Mayor Bruce Harrell and Governor Jay Inslee were on Thursday's program at Bloomberg Green Festival hosted at the Seattle Center. Both touted local leadership on environmental issues, even as that work remains tenuous.

Midweek Video: Can Tourism Ruin Cities?

https://youtu.be/MA2l9juHvDk Global tourism is growing rapidly and it is having significant impacts on the viability of communities. Not all tourism is inherently good, but there...