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New Report Charts Need for WA to Plan Ahead for Oil Refinery Closures
A spate of recent shutdowns across the US holds urgent lessons for local communities.
Sightline Institute’s Giving Tuesday Spotlights
Staff share their picks to support a brighter tomorrow.
Alaska’s Midterm Elections Yield Mixed Results (But in a Good Way)
In the state’s first full ranked choice election, the same pool of voters elected candidates from across the political spectrum. -
Anchorage Assembly Unites to End Parking Mandates
Progressives and conservatives find common ground on easing regulations on housing and business development.
BC Election Results Show Public Support for More Homes
While the most pro-housing parties didn’t win big support from voters, they pulled the conversation toward a more housing-abundant policy future for the province.
Uncontainable Wildfires Are Inevitable. Community Destruction Is Not.
Five policy shifts could help communities harden their homes against fire danger. -
The Democracy Reforms Coming to Cascadia
A week after Election Day, we round up the region’s ballot measures and ranked choice contests.
Alaska Primary Voters Had More Choice in 2022
A larger, more diverse, and competitive candidate pool coincided with the introduction of open primaries and ranked choice voting.
Cascadians, Get Ready to Vote on Voting
A wave of democracy-related measures are on the region’s ballots this November. -
How Portland’s Form of Government Makes It Hard to Find Parking
Transportation commissioners come and go, but policies to free up curb space remain perpetually stuck at City Hall. -
Washington Should Move All Elections to Even Years
And psst, King County voters: you can vote this fall to supercharge this shift.
Ten Things Portlanders Should Know About Multi-Member Districts
They’re more familiar than you might think.
Northwest States Need to Build New Power Lines, Fast
Otherwise, Oregon and Washington will miss critical climate targets. -
Big Reforms, Big Growth: Buffalo’s Parking Rewrite Pays Off
A Q&A with one of the planners behind the mid-sized NY city’s successes.
The Ambitious Housing Plans at the Center of Vancouver, BC’s, October Election
No longer a political third rail, parties are vying for votes with big promises to build abundant homes in one the world’s priciest cities. They could set a gold standard for North America.
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SIGHTLINE DAILY
Today’s top sustainability headlines for the Pacific Northwest, curated by Sightline Institute.
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Democracy gets voter approved overhaul in OR
Public News Service
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Locally sourced, traditional foods for Lummi Nation food aid
Investigate West
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Vancouver, WA looks to renew affordable housing property tax
The Columbian
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Puget Sound transpo plan not aligned with climate goals
The Urbanist
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Partnership improves drinking water, fish habitat in OR
OPB
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New partnership to research WA’s Canada lynx population
Seattle Weekly
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Observing changes to Elwha estuary after dam removal
Northwest Treaty Tribes
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A look at what CA has done so far about reparations
The New York Times
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The real toll of ride-hailing, self-driving revolutions
Bloomberg
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America underwater
The Washington Post
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