Midweek Video: One Chart Shows How America Can Leave Fossil Fuels Behind
https://youtu.be/QfAXbGInwno
In this video, Vox highlights a Sankey diagram that shows where all of America's carbon emissions come, which can inform how the country should...
Open Letter: Seattle’s Climate Note Legislation Is a Misguided Distraction
Dear Councilmembers,
My name is Andrew Grant Houston and I am a queer architect of color, urban designer, housing activist, and serve as a board...
Sunday Video: The Proterra Executive Electrifying Mass Transit
https://youtu.be/bMMAD3oSH6o
A Proterra executive talks about the future of electrifying transit buses.
Cascadia Needs to Change Its Ways to Keep from Burning Up
A week of forest fires and skies choked with toxic smoke was a sobering reminder of the fragility of our environment.
An incredible amount of...
Seattle’s Quest to Become a 15-Minute City
Seattle's quirky and individualistic neighborhoods are one my favorite features of the city. I love the fact that an afternoon spent hanging out in...
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...