http://www.sightline.org Fact sheets, reports, and other publications on Washington--sorted by publication type. daily 1 2006-02-22T23:37:51Z http://www.sightline.org/press/sightline_news/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? No publisher michelleh_sightline_org Portland Seattle Vancouver BC 2010-07-08T17:11:03Z Press Clip http://www.sightline.org/press/sightline_news/taxing-toxins The polluters who manufacture hazardous substances in Washington do real harm to our air and water. In fact, The Times’ darling, the Anacortes refinery — owned by the Texas oil giant Tesoro — is a case in point. It’s facing a new federal lawsuit for failing to test for important air pollutants like sulfur and benzene. No publisher michelleh_sightline_org regulation Seattle air quality 2010-07-08T19:29:51Z Press Clip http://www.sightline.org/press/sightline_news/fate-state-forests 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. No publisher andrewb fsc 2006-03-16T08:38:19Z Press Clip http://www.sightline.org/press/sightline_news/car-less-in-seattle Pedestrian pioneer Alan Durning describes what his family of five is learning by living without four wheels in Cascadia's largest city. Can they survive without the essential currency of the modern American community? No publisher mackenzie_sightline_org carless pedestrian friendly 2007-02-05T07:18:39Z Press Clip http://www.sightline.org/research/energy/ocean-acidification/northwest-ocean-acidification/2pager-online.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. No publisher erich_sightline_org landing page 2011-11-07T18:46:10Z File http://www.sightline.org/research/energy/highway-widening/analysis-ghg-roads Sightline researchers do the math on whether adding lanes adds greenhouse gas emissions--it does. No publisher elisa indicators 2011-01-27T21:57:21Z File http://www.sightline.org/research/sprawl/sprawl-and-health/sprawl-health-wa-facts Emerging research is discovering that the design and layout of your neighborhood can affect your health. People who live in low-density, sprawling residential areas--where houses are far from stores and jobs--tend to drive more, and walk less, than people who live in more compact neighborhoods with a mixture of stores, services, and homes. No publisher elisa livable communities pedestrian friendly sprawlhealth 2010-12-13T21:44:46Z Page http://www.sightline.org/research/environment/wildlife/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. No publisher andrewb caribou 2006-06-30T00:13:47Z Page http://www.sightline.org/research/environment/wildlife/orcas Orcas have always been a highly visible part of the northwest's cultural and ecological heritage. Once considered problematic pests by fishermen, they began to gain protection in the 1970s. But human actions still threaten these animals and the ecosystem we both share. No publisher andrewb wildlife orcas 2010-12-13T22:02:33Z Page http://www.sightline.org/research/environment/wildlife/chinook No creature, beside humans, penetrates the Pacific Northwest as thoroughly as salmon. The wildlife index tracks Chinook salmon returning as adults to the Bonneville Dam, the lowest dam on the Columbia River. No publisher andrewb wildlife salmon 2006-06-23T20:17:20Z Page http://www.sightline.org/research/sprawl/seattle-viaduct/sightline-does-the-math-on-the-viaduct Sightline research director Clark Williams-Derry analyzes the Seattle viaduct debate and comes to a few simple conclusions: roads are expensive, rush hour is the worst problem, and the differences between short- and long-term consequences. No publisher leigh_sightline_org viaduct 2010-12-13T21:37:02Z Page http://www.sightline.org/research/washington/res_pubs/wa_scorecard07 How Washington stacks up in the seven key trends tracked by the Cascadia Scorecard. No publisher andrewb landing page Cascadia Scorecard 2007 2010-07-06T20:02:40Z Page http://www.sightline.org/research/sprawl/985-research/the-facts-on-i-985-a-bad-deal-for-washington-state Sightline research director Clark Williams-Derry and Sightline fellow Doug MacDonald—former transportation secretary for Washington State--have taken a close look at Washington Initiative 985 and what it would mean for Washington residents. The verdict? I-985 is bad for traffic and bad for the state budget. No publisher eric_t_hess_gmail_com 2010-12-13T18:48:52Z Page http://www.sightline.org/research/environment/trouble-at-paradise The mountain air near the Pacific Northwest’s biggest cities may be worse than the air in those cities—at least in terms of round-the-clock levels of one pollutant, ozone. No publisher elisa 2010-12-13T19:25:09Z Page http://www.sightline.org/research/environment/pbdes/regional_data_aug05 Local data for Montana, British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon on PBDEs and PCBs in northwesterners. No publisher andrewb breastfeeding pcb pbdes 2010-12-13T19:22:06Z Page