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Little Big Shift: PDX’s 2 Percent Restripe Would Boost Roads’ Capacity 60 Percent
The secret is to move people on vehicles that require less room per person in these reallocated central-city road spaces.
8 Things Proportional Representation Does for Every Voter
Here are just a handful of ways that electoral system upgrades deliver better, more democratic results.
Tideflats Protections Extended but Not Expanded in Tuesday Council Vote
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What’s next for the Kids’ Climate Change lawsuit?
Perhaps the latest round of drama in Juliana v United States shouldn’t come as a surprise.
Cloud Peak Energy: A Coal Company Past its Peak
Falling sales and collapsing profits signal big trouble for King Coal.
Tacoma City Council Votes Tuesday on Tideflats Land-Use Moratorium
About 81 people gave public comment and council received at least 200 written messages about the upcoming decision. -
25 Years Strong: Sightline’s Fall Fund Drive Begins Today
Sightline exists because of support from community members like you.
Midterms 2018 Prove Voters are Hungry for Democracy Reform
Success of anti-gerrymandering and anti-corruption measures signal voters are ready for bigger, better voting upgrades.
Olympia Moves to Further Loosen the Stranglehold of Single-Family Zoning Laws
The city’s new rules to spur missing-middle housing are a good first step, but still retain too many restrictions. -
Questions about Use of Glyphosate Start Creeping into Cascadia
Use of the weed killer was questioned in Kitsap County after a jury ruled it caused a California man's cancer
I-1631 Didn’t Pass, but Neither Do Most of Voters’ Tax or Fee Initiatives
When Big Money steps in, it usually gets what it wants.
Cascadia Midterm Election Results 2018: Candidate Edition
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Cascadia Midterm Election Results 2018: Ballot Measure Edition
The tallies from across the region on environment, housing, and social issues.
Listen In: Vox’s ‘The Impact’ and NPR’s ‘Planet Money’ on Democracy Vouchers
Sightline's Alan Durning helps tell the story of how democracy vouchers came to be a part of Seattle politics.
Why’s the Rent So High for New Apartments in Seattle?
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Bypass Gerrymandering with a Better Voting System
Redistricting is no guarantee. Proportional representation makes votes actually count.
Could State-Led Upzones Happen Here? 7 Lessons from Modern Cascadia
The surprising fact is that they already have, but not in the ways today's would-be reformers might expect.
The Brief and Frustrating Story of the 2001 Election in British Columbia
In 2001, Liberal votes had 10 times the power of votes for other parties.
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Today’s top sustainability headlines for the Pacific Northwest, curated by Sightline Institute.
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Fracking industry pushes BC farmers to their breaking point
The Narwhal
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Maltby gas pipeline on pause
Snohomish County Tribune
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The latest on a “Green New Deal”
Grist
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You’ve probably seen a LimeBike, but have you seen Lime’s Fiat?
Seattle PI
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Fossil fuels’ finances are screwed
Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis
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Gray wolves could lose protection under this GOP bill
Tacoma News Tribune
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Views: Alberta’s silence on environmental liability is deafening
Canada's National Observer
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You heard of “the blue wave,” now get ready for…
Fast Company
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New grants for giving Oregonians solar
Pamplin Media Group
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Where there’s wildfire, there’s choking smoke
Washington Post
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