Energy & Climate
All of Sightline's research, maps, and publications on Cascadia's energy system, its impacts, and how the region can become cleaner and more secure.
How is the Northwest doing at creating a cost-effective, climate-friendly energy system? How can our region become true climate heroes? That's what Sightline's energy research is aimed at, through initiatives such as our climate policy project, and our blog series on Climate Fairness.
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Sightline's Climate Policy Project
Our latest primers, fact sheets, and graphics on how to craft fair, effective climate policy for the Northwest and western states. -
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Cap and Trade and Consumer Fairness
When it comes to cap and trade, handing out free permits allows firms to capture windfall profits at the expense of consumers. Sightline's memo explains why.
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Prevent Pollution Before It Happens
A new twist on an old idea can multiply the reuse and recycling of materials and encourage manufacturers to eliminate pollution before it happens. -
Ease Congestion by Pricing It
The best-kept secret among transportation experts is the near-universal agreement that variable tolls--known as congestion pricing--offer the only real solution to worsening gridlock.
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Climate Impacts Group
Housed at UW, CIG is an interdisciplinary research group studying the impacts of climate change on the US Northwest. CIG works with PNW planners and policy makers to apply the findings of its research to regional decision making processes. http://www.cses.washington.edu/cig -
Organization
Renewable Northwest Project
The RNP is coalition of public-interest organizations and energy companies, which promote development of the region's renewable resources. They are an advocate for expanding solar, wind and geothermal energy development in the Northwest. http://www.rnp.org
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