Environment & Sustainability

Washington Republicans Mount All-Out Assault On Growth Management

Washington state Republicans have mounted an all-out assault on the state's Growth Management Act (GMA). More than a half-dozen bills have been proposed seeking...

Sunday Video: How To Better Design Cities To Move Goods

Dave Amos of City Beautiful talks about how cities can move goods faster, more efficiently, and sustainably. Amos highlights some strategies that are being...
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Disregard Douthat; Spread The Successful Strategies Of Liberal Cities

On Sunday, Ross Douthat responded to a libertarian think-tank article making the argument that Trump attacks liberal cities to justify white nationalism. Douthat appears to...
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Sound Transit Prepares to Unpause Nine Project Actions and Moves to Surplus Angle Lake...

On Thursday, the Sound Transit Board of Directors met to decide on the fate of more than a dozen paused capital project actions. Nine...

Constantine Defends Bus Electrification Focus as King County Metro Service Lags

County Executive Dow Constantine says Metro has made the right choices when it comes to balancing service expansion needs with transitioning the fleet toward climate-friendly electric alternatives, even as the agency faces significant financial headwinds in the years to come.

Washington Can’t Wait

Futurewise's Campaign to Update the Growth Management Act For thirty years, Futurewise has lobbied and litigated throughout Washington to implement the state’s Growth Management Act...

Sunday Video: Is It Wrong To Fly?

https://youtu.be/88Cd5H3kmXQ In this video, Joss Fong and her colleagues at Vox ask the question, “Is it wrong to fly?” They examine the impacts of air...
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Vote Yes on 2022 Seattle and Tacoma Public School Levies

Ballots for the 2022 Seattle Public Schools (SPS) Capital Levy are due tomorrow, Tuesday, February 8th. To be accepted, they must postmarked or deposited...