Recent Press Releases

• Cultural fire and sovereignty: CA legislation acknowledges burning practices

  SB 310 would respect fire practitioners’ right to burn and shift a hierarchical relationship between the Karuk Tribe and the state to be sovereign-to-sovereign.

  April 15, 2024 MEDIA CONTACT: Kate Anderson, Sightline Institute, kate@sightline.org  FULL ARTICLE: What’s misunderstood about Indigenous cultural fire is sovereignty  SACRAMENTO, CA – A proposed policy in California, SB 310, would acknowledge Tribes’ cultural fire practices and respect fire practitioners’ [...] Read more »

  April 15, 2024

• Voter turnout: Idaho and Montana lag Wyoming due to odd-year elections

  But they could strengthen participation from working-age and moderate voters, save money, and dilute special-interest sway simply by letting cities move their local elections to when people are already voting.

  April 4, 2024 MEDIA CONTACT: Alan Durning, Sightline Institute, alan@sightline.org  FULL ARTICLE: The Election Calendar Is Cheating Idaho and Montana Voters  BOZEMAN, MT – Idaho and Montana severely lag neighboring Wyoming in voter turnout figures for local elections, with consequences [...] Read more »

  April 4, 2024

• Report: Cascadia’s top polluters

  180 sites account for a quarter of the region’s emissions.

  Jan 4, 2024 MEDIA CONTACT: Serena Larkin, Sightline Institute, serena@sightline.org    FULL ARTICLE, MAP, CHARTS: 180 Sites Account for a Quarter of Cascadia’s Carbon Pollution Alaska, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington count 180 stationary facilities that each emit more [...] Read more »

  January 4, 2024