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Article by Sightline
Vancouver Is Cascadia's Greenest City, Who Is Second?
Monday, Seattle inaugurated a new, ultra-green mayor, which got me thinking comparatively. Which of the three largest Cascadian cities is the greenest? Not in plans and intentions and declarations but in facts? -
Article by Sightline
Wish We Had BC's Political System in US!
The undemocratic design of the U.S. Senate is a huge obstacle to progress in America's Northwest where I live. How did the Senate get set up in the first place? -
Article by Sightline
Why B.C. Recycles Better than U.S.
One important but little-discussed difference between the Canadian and American parts of Cascadia is their different philosophies about trash. This difference has emerged in the last decade. And, sad to say, the Canadians have left the Americans in the dustbin, so to speak. -
Backgrounder
Ocean Acidification in Two Pages (PDF)
As humans emit excessive carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, our oceans become more acidic--causing harm to the basic organisms that make up the ocean's complex marine ecosystem. This backgrounder outlines the problem of ocean acidification in the context of the Pacific Northwest. It includes the impacts happening in the region now as well as steps we can take to fix the problem. -
Backgrounder
Analysis: Increases in greenhouse-gas emissions from highway-widening projects (pdf)
Sightline researchers do the math on whether adding lanes adds greenhouse gas emissions--it does. -
Backgrounder
Backgrounder: Who's Leading on Climate Policy in the Northwest?
A look at how the Northwest's climate strategies stack up by region. -
Fact sheet
How to Talk About Polluted Stormwater Runoff
A two-page messaging guide for how to talk about polluted runoff and the damage it wrecks in our communities and to our health. -
Fact sheet
Wildlife Indicator - Caribou
Caribou are highly endangered in the lower 48 United States and British Columbia. The remaining population in the Northwest consists of the tiny Selkirk herd, which occupies a small area of northeast Washington, northern Idaho, and an adjacent portion of BC. -
Fact sheet
BC Scorecard 2007
How BC stacks up in the seven key trends tracked by the Cascadia Scorecard. -
Fact sheet
PBDEs and PCBs in the Northwest - Regional Data Sheet
Local data for Montana, British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon on PBDEs and PCBs in northwesterners. -
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Climate Policy: Fair and Effective Solutions
What makes smart climate policy? How can we be sure it is fair, effective, and efficient? Read primers, fact sheets, and reports on how to do climate policy right. -
Report
Northwest Ocean Acidification
Every day, oceans do us a huge favor by absorbing about a third of the carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere by human activities. But as we burn more fossil fuels and clear forests, our oceans absorb more and become more acidic. The result is water that's potentially lethal to a large swath of creatures that play a huge role in aquatic ecosystems, the Northwest economy, and our dinner plates. -
Report
Green-Collar Jobs: Realizing the Promise
Green-collar jobs—jobs dedicated to saving energy, producing renewable energy, or reducing pollution—can speed progress on two deeply rooted problems at once: easing our dependence on climate-warming fossil fuels and fostering lasting, broadly shared economic prosperity. -
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Shifting Gears: Despite struggling economy, NW gasoline use ticks up
Despite a sputtering economy, Northwest drivers used more gasoline in 2009, reversing a decade-long trend of declining personal gas consumption. British Columbia saw a startling 10 percent increase in per-capita gasoline consumption.