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    Weekend Reading 10/20/17

    Standing up against sexual harassment, what Facebook did to democracy, and more.
     

    Northwest Gas Projects Fuel the Fracking Beast

    Methanol, LNG, and power plants drive Canada’s gas industry.
     

    Hurricane Harvey Highlights Fossil Fuel and Petrochemical Loopholes

    Lessons for the Northwest’s disaster preparedness.
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    Video: How to Build an Inclusive and Livable Puget Sound

    Alan Durning joins Seattle mayoral and city council candidates to discuss growth and affordability.
     

    Weekend Reading 10/13/17

    Clean energy discoveries, tools to teach without omitting tribal perspective, gerrymanderproofing, and lots more.
     

    Video: How Can We Strengthen Our Democracy and Climate Movements?

    Sightline’s Tarika Powell and Margaret Morales offer smart solutions.
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    Event: “Kwel’Hoy, We Draw the Line!”

    Join the Lummi Nation's totem pole journey and stand up to dirty energy.
     

    Oregon’s New Motor Voter Law Is Registering More Young People

    Automatic voter registration is combating age bias.
     

    Weekend Reading 10/6/17

    The dying art of disagreement, how to make plastic from shrimp shells, and more.
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    Build Less, Share More: An Urban Mantra for Taming Parking

    Seattle's new parking proposal illustrates how.
     

    Democrats Could Split the Vote in Washington’s 8th Congressional District Race

    But Ranked Choice Voting would avoid an unrepresentative result.
     

    Do Hurricanes Wake Us Up?

    It depends on your partisan worldview—and bumps in climate change concern may not last long.
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    Tax Talk 101

    As the US looks at proposed reform, a best-of round up of our pro-tips series on tax messaging.
     

    Weekend Reading 9/29/17

    Brewing up sustainability, the fake news machine, the overpopulation debate, and more.
     

    Impact Fees: An Urban Planning Zombie in Need of Slaying

    Eight reasons why impact fees thwart the creation of equitable, sustainable cities.
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    BC Is Increasing Its Carbon Tax!

    After five years of stagnation, the tax will go up and pollution will go down.
     

    Failure for Final Coal Export Project

    The Northwest’s Thin Green Line defeats every coal scheme.
     

    How to End Gerrymandering for Good

    Multi-winner districts plus a fair voting method make more votes matter.

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