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Environment & Sustainability

Youth climate activists organized the first Fridays for the Future rally on March 22, 2019. District 4 City Council candidate Shaun Scott attended and gave a brief talk encouraging activists. (Photo by author)

It’s Well Past Time We Ditch Fossil Fuels

Yesterday, Mayor Jenny Durkan announced executive action ending the use of fracked gas infrastructure in City buildings. It represents a small step toward decoupling...

Jump In Traffic Volumes Points To An Uphill Climb To Reduce Emissions

Seattle's average daily vehicle volumes increased by the largest amount in more than a decade in 2018, the most recent year of data available....

Sunday Video: Why Don’t We Have Electric Planes Yet?

https://youtu.be/49yDycP3Pgc Aviation is one of the fastest growing sectors of greenhouse gas emissions. But so far, there are no commercially operated electric planes that could...

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...
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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...
I-5 through Northgate section of Seattle. Northgate Station rises on the right.(Photo by Doug Trumm)

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"...