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Big Donors Dominated Portland’s 2016 Mayoral Race
But a public match could have balanced the scales for a small donor-powered campaign.
Williams Companies Failed To Protect Employees in Plymouth LNG Explosion
The natural gas company eyeing other Northwest projects has a history of unsafe work conditions. -
Weekend Reading 6/3/16
The mother of all questions, embracing homeless encampments, how Trump is killing the GOP, and more.
Seattle’s Housing Future Depends on a Mathematical and Political Balancing Act
The Mandatory Housing Affordability program, explained. -
Arch Coal backs out of Longview export terminal
Bankrupt coal giant walks away from a $60 million investment in coal exports. -
Weekend Reading 5/23/16
Seattle City Council millionaires, "snob zoning" in Vancouver, Portland's Star Wars Pug Crawl, and more.
Is There a Better Way to Vote?
Listen to a conversation on how to make voting systems more democratic.
Grays Harbor Should Beware Westway’s Oil Terminal Ambitions
A new Sightline report exposes the company’s troubled history. -
TEDx Video: How to Limit Big Money in Politics
Kristin Eberhard shows how ordinary people can take back political power.
Weekend Reading 5/20/16
Mapping million-dollar homes, social mobility, confidence vs competence, and more.
Sightline on the Bankruptcy of Coal
Listen to an in-depth conversation on why coal the industry is on the ropes. -
Weekend Reading 5/13/16
King Coal's post mortem report, the future of co-living, the United Statelets of America, and more.
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SIGHTLINE DAILY
Today’s top sustainability headlines for the Pacific Northwest, curated by Sightline Institute.
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The end of nature: There’s basically no landscape on Earth that humans haven’t altered
Washington Post
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Anger as oil trains resume in OR after derailment, fire
US News & World Report
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Big donors dominated Portland’s 2016 mayoral race
Sightline Institute
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Worst-case scenario: Vancouver oil disaster could cost $6 billion
The Columbian
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Portland-area schools scramble to assure parents their water is safe
Oregon Public Broadcasting
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What is CA thinking? Now is not the time to ease water restrictions
Pacific Standard
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For oil industry, clean air fight was dress rehearsal for climate denial
Inside Climate News
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Oil derailment in Columbia River Gorge: 5 lessons
Salem Statesman Journal
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Electric cars hit the million mark
Planetizen
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Is this booming Northwest land a paradise or disaster waiting to happen?
Los Angeles Times
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