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Correcting the Record on Initiative 2066
What the Seattle Times editorial board got wrong about the Washington ballot measure.
Vancouver Shows Just How Much It Costs to Ban Apartments
Driving problems from inequality to sprawl to pollution, restrictions against anything but single-detached houses have to go.
(Re)explaining Washington’s Climate Commitment Act
Understanding the cap-and-invest law that Washington Initiative 2117 would repeal. -
Washington’s Most Parking-Burdened Towns and Cities
A new Sightline report details the arcane, arbitrary, and pernicious rules blocking homes and businesses across the state.
A Guide to Alaska’s November 2024 Election
Ranked choice voting for president and other offices, plus deciding on whether to keep open primaries and ranked choice voting.
An “Incredible Explosion in Participation”
Democracy Vouchers have fast unlocked a much larger, more diverse group of political donors, says scholar Jennifer Heerwig, who will speak at Town Hall Seattle on October 17. -
Open Primaries and Ranked Choice Voting Strengthened Moderate Republicans in Alaska’s Legislature
Fewer hardliners won office, leading to an overwhelmingly bipartisan Senate majority, a hard-fought win on education funding, and the ability to neutralize culture warriors. -
Maine’s Lessons in Ranked Choice Voting
The state’s groundbreaking statewide use of ranked choice voting is a positive model.
What Oregonians Need to Know About Ranked Choice Voting
Mitigating spoiler candidates and other upsides for Beaver State elections. -
The Northwest’s Electric Grid Deserves an Upgrade
Up to 40 percent of the region’s grid could be suitable for reconductoring—for less than half the time and cost of building new transmission lines.
Twice As Many Small Towns Have Eliminated Parking Mandates As Large Cities
Three hometown stories show why parking reform is for everyone.
Mirroring the Nation, Voter Turnout Dropped in Alaska’s 2022 Election
How a democracy data analyst assesses changes in voter turnout. -
Four Ways Context Matters for Wildfire News Coverage
Reporters can help people see the forest, even when the trees are on fire.
Five Reasons Four-Story Apartment Buildings Are Good
Especially in Oregon and the rest of the Pacific Northwest.
Five Ways Ranked Choice Voting Could Help Climate Action
A functioning democracy is essential to tackling any large-scale issue.
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Today’s top sustainability headlines for Cascadia, curated by Sightline Institute.
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Vancouver shows just how much it costs to ban apartments
Sightline Institute
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Correcting the record on Initiative 2066
Sightline Institute
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BC forest companies see a future. In the US
The Tyee
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Wildlife populations have decreased 73% since 1970
Washington Post
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Oil company pressures Supreme Court to weaken environmental protections
The Lever
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First Nations sue Canada over right to clean water
CBC
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The Forest Service is cutting its seasonal workforce. Public lands will suffer
High Country News
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Podcast: Could WA’s cap and invest plan be a model for the nation?
NPR
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A new kind of housing crisis solution? Public housing for all income levels
Oregon Public Broadcasting
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‘Legacy’ forests. ‘Restoration’ logging. The new jargon of conservation
Columbia Insight
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