Sightline in the News

Fate of state forests rests in Olympia

07/22/2004
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Over the next year, a half-dozen people in Olympia will decide the fate of forests vast enough to fill Mount Rainier National Park nearly nine times over.

Slow news is good news

07/01/2004
Open Spaces

An essay by Alan Durning explains how quiet, incremental changes--such as shifts in trends such as land use, population, and lifespan--gradually add up, creating dramatic and lasting impacts on our region.

Unhappy Trails

05/26/2004
Seattle Weekly

The Northwest's backcountry offers a grim preview of what's to come thanks to global warming.

Preventing fires, igniting questions

04/26/2004
US News & World Report

Laura Gerber volunteered to have her breast milk tested for traces of flame-retardant chemicals out of curiosity. But the results turned her into an activist.

Taking our Energy Pulse

03/23/2004
Tidepool

In our corner of the country, we like to think we're on the right track when it comes to energy. We make sure to turn off the lights when we leave the room, toggle that thermostat down, and wash our clothes on cold.

Scorecard an attempt to measure well-being

03/10/2004
Seattle Times

We've devised yardsticks that measure and rank the performance of just about everything from the economy to college basketball teams. Now the Seattle think tank Northwest Environment Watch has unveiled a complex, ambitious new tool for charting the Northwest's well-being.

Rating Northwest on what we love

03/10/2004
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Northwest families face greater economic insecurity than most Americans, and it's not just because of short-term tech-sector troubles. The strain has been growing since 1990.

Throttle on Northwest power use wide open

03/10/2004
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Despite our eco-conscious image, Northwesterners are pretty big energy hogs -- above the national average in using gas and electricity, and not all that far behind those pickup-driving, oil-drilling Texans.

Flame retardants found in breast milk

02/24/2004
Spokesman-Review

An analysis of the breast milk of nine Puget Sound-area mothers has found high levels of toxic flame retardants.

Potential 'toxic threat': Flame-retardant chemicals found in breast milk

02/24/2004
Seattle Times

Potentially toxic levels of flame-retardant chemicals have been found in the breast milk of Puget Sound women.

Seattle's golden opportunity to be a transportation model

01/12/2004
Seattle Times

Ever since the 1960s, when it's come to transit, Seattle has been blowing it. Now's the time for something different.