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The Northwest has seen an onslaught of large-scale fossil fuel development schemes. From coal export terminals to refinery expansions to petrochemical projects, the industry aims to turn the region into a major center for dirty energy. But communities are fighting back. Amidst tremendous controversy, local elections around the Northwest are, increasingly often, becoming referendums on these fossil fuel projects. That was certainly the case in 2017, the year when big...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkRaz7VKc9s&feature=youtu.be The Lummi Nation’s Totem Pole Journey is underway! The House of Tears Carvers are traveling again across the western United States and Canada with a totem pole to bring attention to proposed coal, oil, and fracked fuel projects that threaten tribes and local communities. Sightline senior research associate Tarika Powell will speak about Northwest dirty energy proposals, specifically Puget Sound Energy’s proposed LNG facility in Tacoma, at the blessing stop...

Today, we’re looking back at our top articles from 2016. It’s worth remembering the inspiring wins that happened during a difficult year. We took a deeper dive into housing and urbanism research, continued our work on stopping coal, oil, and gas infrastructure in the Pacific Northwest, exposed the financial instability of the coal industry, and helped pass a democracy reform initiative in Portland. The Thin Green Line held strong this year,...

By any measure, the petrochemical refinery slated for construction on the banks of the Columbia River in southwest Washington is a giant. Designed to convert large quantities of natural gas into methanol, the facility would ship tankers full of the product to China to be used for making plastics. Although the facility proposed for Kalama is only about half the size of the gargantuan scheme that recently collapsed in Tacoma,...