Environment & Sustainability

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...

Op-Ed: Washington State Needs a Cumulative Air Toxics Law

The Duwamish River Valley hosts three freeways, two international airports, an international seaport, and a river so polluted it was declared a federal Superfund...

Op-Ed: Seattle Should End the Polluting Blue Angels Airshow

Environmental activists and critics of US militarism are joining together to protest against Seattle's loud, polluting Blue Angels airshow. Here's the case for having the courage to end this tradition.
Wind turbines with one half-constructed turbine in the foreground.

Renewable Energy Can Power America’s Grid and Its Economic Recovery

It's been a few months since the initial outbreak of Covid-19, and pandemic has already altered our societal fabric in profound ways. Fewer people...

Link Light Rail Is Going 100% Carbon Neutral In 2019

Link Light Rail trains are poised to become super green. On Tuesday, Sound Transit announced a long-term agreement with Puget Sound Energy (PSE) to supply...

Sunday Video: How To Protect The Amazon Rainforest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF7-uFbE5Mc Quartz explains how ancient civilizations an show us how to protect the Amazon rainforest.

Sunday Video: The Gym of Life

No gym membership required. Not Just Bikes extolls the virtues of “the gym of life” and how it works through the vantage point of...

Midweek Video: Obama’s Clean Power Plan

On Monday, President Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency announced the Clean Power Plan, the first national standards to reduce carbon pollution from power...