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How Northwest Communities Are Stopping Fossil Fuel Projects Before They Start
Local governments utilize land use law to hold the Thin Green Line.
Three Reasons Why the Kalama Methanol Project Would Be a Climate Disaster
Stockholm Environment Institute takes a hard look at the science and economics. -
Census Asking about Citizenship Would Likely Exclude Non-citizens from Key Counts
After losing in the Supreme Court, anti-immigration advocates push their agenda in the census.
Listen In: Public News Service on Natural Gas’ Dirty Secret
Sightline's Anna Fahey explains how natural gas is stalling progress toward clean fuel sources. -
PR Would Elect BC Governments That Better Reflect the Will of the People
For the past quarter-century, BC elections have not produced the results voters asked for.
What Does the Trans Mountain Pipeline Announcement Mean?
It's a high-stakes showdown of cinematic proportions. -
Listen In: KUOW’s ‘The Record’ on Living Car-Free in Seattle
Sightline's Alan Durning discusses how going without a car can improve quality of life.
Video: Ensuring Safety with Self-Driving Cars in Washington
Sightline Senior Fellow Daniel Malarkey discusses what's next for self-driving cars following a fatal accident in Arizona. -
What Is the Necessity Defense, and What Are Its Limits?
It's a defense that goes back centuries, but has recently been mentioned in cases involving environmental activists. -
Spring Update from the Thin Green Line
End of the line for oil trains, coal is still collapsing, and Tacoma LNG gets hot.
Ranked-Choice Voting Protects Voters’ Voices by Diminishing ‘Ballot Exhaustion’
RCV streamlines the process and gives voters the option to more precisely express their preferences.
RCV Increases Voter Participation, Which Far Outweighs Small Uptick in Voter Error
Overvoting and undervoting are not as pronounced in ranked-choice voting compared to plurality voting.
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SIGHTLINE DAILY
Today’s top sustainability headlines for the Pacific Northwest, curated by Sightline Institute.
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As Seattle struggles with bike lanes, Vancouver, BC, has won the battle
Seattle Times
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How Northwest communities are stopping fossil fuel projects before they start
Sightline Institute
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On Earth Day, let’s discuss a different kind of power problem
Crosscut
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‘We need to rethink the entire plastics industry’: Why banning plastic straws isn’t enough
CBC British Columbia
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When calling the police is a privilege
The Atlantic
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Years after oil spills, money still owed to Vancouver, aquarium, and Heiltsuk Nation
CBC British Columbia
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When it comes to America’s affordable housing crisis, mobile homes matter
CityLab
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For Earth Day, eat as if the planet mattered
Yes! Magazine
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Flint, Michigan water activist and 6 others win environmental prize
Seattle Times
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Portland’s vegan movement is 100 years in the making
OPB
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