Environment & Sustainability

King County Climate Plan Needs ‘Serious Course Correction’ on Transportation

King County is falling behind on its climate goals due to a reticence to tackle transportation emissions, the top source of climate pollution in the region.

South Puget Sound Cities Now at High Risk for Wildfire

In response, Wildfire Ready Neighbors fire prevention program launches in Western Washington Just 10 days into this spring, a firefighting team flew in a helicopter...
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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...

District Energy Is a Fit for Seattle

In Seattle's latest update to its energy code, bans were levied on fossil fuel and electric resistance heating systems in commercial buildings and three-plus-story...

CLT: What’s All The Excitement About?

Over the last decade, excitement about a new strong, green, and beautiful building material has been growing. Developed in Central Europe in the mid-1990’s, Cross...

Midweek Video: Why The United States Isn’t Ready For Clean Energy

https://youtu.be/s3ScJ_FwaZk If America wants to green up its economy, it's going to need to make huge investments in transmission facilities to transport greener energy sources....

Midweek Video: Will Electric Cars Kill the Gas Station?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmVIYNzY-pE Davos Amos looks at what the proliferation of electric cars means for fueling stations in the years ahead. Will they die away? Will they...

Sunday Video: Heather Tallis Discusses Nature-Based Climate Solutions

Nature-centered urban design makes us smarter, healthier and more resilient. On October 25th Seattle Town Hall and the University of Washington College of the Environment...