Looking Back on Another Decade of Climate Delay
As we bid 2019 adieu and enter a new decade, it's hard not to get wistful and ponder the past decade in the rearview...
Homestead Pioneers a Carbon Neutral Model for Affordable Housing
With Willowcrest Townhomes, Homestead Community Land Trust is striving to create "a replicable model" for permanently affordable net zero energy housing.
Since the 1960s,...
Sunday Video: Indicator Species of the West
https://youtu.be/T6BzZcKyJiI
Vox explains how the sage grouse is an indicator species in the American West and why the fossil fuel industry poses a serious threat...
Inslee Releases 2020 Legislative Proposals on Homelessness, Transportation, and Climate
On Wednesday, Governor Jay Inslee (D-Washington) released his proposed budget for 2020. The budget is supplemental to the one that the state legislature approved...
State Commission: Replace Gas Tax with Road Usage Charge, but Keep Highways-Only Earmark
From February 2018 through January 2019, Washington state tested out a possible replacement program for the gas tax known as the "Road Usage Charge"...
Washington Developing Bike/Ped Plan, Early Analysis Shows High Stress on State Highways
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has been working on a statewide active transportation plan this year that could reshape the state's highway...
Sunday Video: Destruction of the Amazon
https://youtu.be/SAZAKPUQMw0
Why is the Amazon rainforest seeing yet another massive deforestation wave and burning after years of significant falling deforestation rates? And what does that...
Sunday Video: Airport Expansion
https://youtu.be/QN5Rnu0-RhE
Using London’s Heathrow Airport as a case study, Dave Amos explains the pitfalls and limited benefits of airport expansion.