Economy - Research & Publications
All of Sightline's research, maps, and publications on how northwesterners are really faring economically.
Here's a catalog of Sightline's research--including books, reports, and articles--on economic security, and how to better measure how average northwesterners are faring.
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10/15/2009
Report
Cost Overruns For Seattle-Area Tunnel Projects
As a way to inform the debate over Seattle’s deep-bore tunnel, Sightline has prepared a basic comparison of other high-profile tunnels recently constructed in the area. -
10/01/2009
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. -
06/29/2009
Report
Easing Off the Gas: Northwesterners Using Less Gasoline
Total gasoline consumption in the Northwest states fell by 180 million gallons between 2007 and 2008. Per-capita use followed a decade-long trend of decline. The Northwest states are outpacing the rest of the nation by nearly 10 percent. -
06/29/2009
Report
Economic Insecurity: Tougher Conditions for the Middle Class
New census data shows one in six northwestern children live in poverty. Sightline's economic index reveals ordinary families have made virtually no progress in two decades. -
01/22/2009
Backgrounder
Decoupling: Turbocharging Efficiency Programs (pdf)
Utilities are not like other companies. Their profits are dictated by state utility regulators, based on complicated formulas. Since profits rise in direct proportion to sales, investments in improving efficiency can drain away profits. By "decoupling" sales from earnings, utility regulators can write efficiency and security into utilities' bottom lines and turn them into vanguards of clean energy. -
11/24/2008
Video
Our Chance at a Clean, Green Economy
In the wake of the economic crisis and the historic election, Sightline's executive director talks about the unique opportunity facing Cascadia. One path to economic recovery? Green-collar jobs and efficient, effective climate policy that is fair to all. -
04/27/2008
Fact sheet
Green-Collar Jobs: Path out of Poverty
“Green-collar jobs”—a term that refers to manual-labor jobs in rapidly growing green industries–has the potential to speed progress on two deeply rooted problems at once: to reduce our society’s impact on the planet, while lifting people out of poverty. -
04/17/2008
Report
Braking News: Gas Consumption Goes Into Reverse
From 1999 to 2007, the Northwest states have cut back on per-person gasoline consumption by 11 percent, good news for the climate and our pocketbooks. Moreover, the Northwest is outpacing the nation in cutting back on gasoline. -
06/01/2003
Report
Falling Behind
An analysis of economic security in the Northwest during the "boom" of the 1990s, with a look at why unemployment and poverty rose during the so-called "boom" years. -
06/01/1999
Book
Green Collar Jobs
A look at the Northwest's changing economy by chronicling the stories of five communities: Ketchikan, Alaska; Bend, Oregon; Haida Gwaii, British Columbia; Hayfork, California; and Boonville, California.
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