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Weekend Reading 9/22/17
The ambition collision, octopuses are urbanists, the black-white wealth gap, and more.
Trump’s EPA Wants to Reverse Clean Water Protections
Removing the rule would put drinking water, rivers, and wildlife at risk. Here’s a chance to weigh in. -
What Really Happened With Instant Runoff Voting in Pierce County, Washington?
Plus, six lessons electoral reformers can learn from this Cascadian county.
Event: Pull Together to Stop Kinder Morgan
Learn more about Kinder Morgan's pipeline schemes and how the Thin Green Line is fighting back. -
Multi-Winner Districts Could Make It Easier to Run for Office in Portland
With proportional representation, you could seek 25,000 votes instead of 125,000.
Single-Member Districts Will Not Solve Portland’s Representation Problems
But proportional representation, with multi-member districts, could. -
Weekend Reading 9/8/17
Small town wisdom, Ta-Nehisi Coates, generational textbooks, Houston's wind farm and more... -
Event: Building Green in Cascadia
Alan Durning will keynote and discuss the intersections of sustainability and affordable building policy.
Weekend Reading 9/1/17
A sea of health hazards in Houston, how to help end systemic racism, and more.
In Hurricane Harvey’s Path, How to Talk about Climate and Weather
Basic talking points for connecting strange, severe weather to global warming. -
Event: Keep Fracked Gas Out of Washington
Two forums on the impacts of fracked fuel and petrochemical proposals in Washington.
Map: Where Multi-Family Homes Make Seattle Neighborhoods More Affordable
A new interactive map shows that single-family homes cost 42 percent more than multi-family homes.
Don’t Let this ‘Voting Theorist’ Curb Your Electoral Reform Momentum
Arguments about theory can be the enemy of better electoral methods.
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SIGHTLINE DAILY
Today’s top sustainability headlines for the Pacific Northwest, curated by Sightline Institute.
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Effort afoot to bring ranked-choice voting to Seattle
Seattle Weekly
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Geologists sound alarm over future landslides in Columbia Gorge
KNKX
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The West’s wildfires are taking a toll on reservoirs
Water Deeply
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Salmon get a place to rest and eat
Vancouver Sun
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Canada has too much clean electricity. Anybody want it?
E&E News
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New Seattle bike shares: successful so far
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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This is the hurricane season scientists expected … and feared
Grist
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The challenges of recycling at apartments
Portland Tribune
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Big Brothers and Big Sisters take it outside
Portland Tribune
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Why the last snow on earth may be red
New Yorker
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