To Address the Climate Crisis We Must Incentivize Passive House Buildings
We know two things are true: we need more housing—1.8 million more people are expected to move to the Puget Sound region before 2050—and...
Wonkabout Washington: The Climate Change/Land Use Nexus and Washington Can’t Wait
How have you been breathing lately? Not well I’m guessing. The last few weeks have seen Seattle, along with cities up and down the...
Carbon Notes May Help Seattle Council Make Smarter Climate Decisions
I woke up coughing this weekend--no, not from Covid-19--from wildfire smoke that’s settled on Seattle like a clammy yellow shroud.
Last Friday was a better...
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...
Midweek Video: The Global Coffee Crisis Is Coming
https://youtu.be/6IN4ZcZAUbA
Global climate change is brewing a crisis for growing coffee. As annual temperatures rise, coffee plants are being threatened with mass withering. The global...
King County’s Proposed 2020 Strategic Climate Action Plan Centers Environmental Justice
But questions remain around whether or not ambitious greenhouse gas reduction targets represent empty promises given the challenges posed by growth in the region.
Last...
Will Seattle’s Future Skyline Be Dotted with Wind Turbines?
Solar power dominates the urban renewable energy conversation, but wind can also generate a significant portion of cities' energy needs locally. Typically not associated...
Sunday Video: Should Cities Expand Into The Sea?
https://youtu.be/Ak-kAdhh8-o
City Beautiful explores the topic of land reclamation, the process of turning shallow water areas into land.