Sightline Institute is available to help the media in any way we can. Our researchers and communications team can provide commentary, interviews, story ideas, background information, or serve as expert sources. We work on a range of topics in the northwest, from climate policy and energy use to population and human health. If we can’t comment on an issue ourselves, chances are we know someone who can.

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Media and Editorial Inquiries:

Steph Routh, Strategic Communications Manager
[email protected]

Experts:

Dan Bertolet, Senior Researcher
Expertise: Housing, Urban Planning, Urbanism

Anna Fahey, Senior Director, Strategic Communications & Campaigns
Expertise: Issue Messaging on Climate, Housing, Democracy

Kristin Eberhard, Senior Researcher
Expertise: Climate Policy, Carbon Pricing, Democracy Reform

Alan Durning, Executive Director
Expertise: Climate Policy, Housing and Parking Regulations, Democracy Reform

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Recent Press Releases

  • Gov. Inslee Prioritizes “Missing Middle” Homes for WA

    December 15, 2021

    Governor Inslee formally announces his request bill to address the housing shortage by restoring the full range of home types Contact: Anna Fahey, senior director, communications and campaigns, [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—DECEMBER 15, 2021 OLYMPIA—Washington state soon will have the opportunity to become a national leader in the growing movement to end exclusionary zoning, pervasive […]

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  • From Tiny Homes to Fourplexes and Beyond: Major Portland Zoning Reforms Take Effect

    July 30, 2021

    More homebuilding options are legal beginning August 1, but what’s likely to actually get built? Contacts: Michael Andersen, Sightline Institute, senior researcher, [email protected], 503.333.7824 Steph Routh, Sightline Institute, strategic communications manager, [email protected], 971.506.8385 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (July 30, 2021) PORTLAND – As of this Sunday, Oregon’s largest city is also the largest in the United […]

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  • New Report Assesses Risk of Coal Mine Closure

    Sightline Institute’s newly released model ranks coal mines for risk of closure in Wyoming and Montana’s Powder River Basin
    May 11, 2021

    Sightline Institute’s newly released model ranks coal mines for risk of closure in Wyoming and Montana’s Powder River Basin Contacts: Dan Cohn, Sightline Institute, researcher, [email protected]; Steph Routh, Sightline Institute, strategic communications manager, [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (May 11, 2021) Wyoming and Montana’s Powder River Basin has long been the country’s most productive coal mining region, but its position as the cornerstone […]

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