Latest Press Releases

  • IN-DEPTH STATE-BY-STATE VOTE-BY-MAIL GUIDES

    Sightline's new step-by-step guidelines for successful vote-by-mail preparation in the face of COVID-19
    July 23, 2020

    Vote by Mail and elections systems expert and seasoned public speaker Kristin Eberhard available for press appearances and background. Contact: Anna Fahey, 206.447.1880 x 116, Text: 206.650.2630, [email protected]org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  Elections administrators are on the front lines of the country’s coronavirus response as they prepare for record volumes of mail-out and absentee ballots. Sightline […]

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  • Oregon Legislature Passes Historic Statewide US Affordability Measure

    July 1, 2019

    Historic, first-in-US, state-wide affordability measure to allow missing middle homes cleared both House and Senate with wide bipartisan majorities. Oregon Legislature Legalizes Duplexes, Triplexes, and Fourplexes State-Wide Bipartisan cooperation on affordability—on the heels of partisan climate standoff Oregon’s housing affordability measure, HB 2001, passed the House two weeks ago by 43-16, with two-thirds of both […]

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  • New Interactive Map & Report: Coal, Oil, & Gas Schemes in the Pacific Northwest

    Sightline Institute publishes a comprehensive overview of fossil fuel designs on Cascadia.
    June 20, 2017

    Contact: Eric de Place, [email protected], 206-447-1880 x105 The Lower Columbia River region is more threatened by fossil fuel development schemes than any other place in the Northwest, according to a new report from Sightline Institute that ranks locations throughout the region on their vulnerability to these developments. The report, “Northwest Targets,” provides risk assessments for […]

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  • Seattle Children Zoned Out of High-Quality Classrooms

    Loosening single-family zoning restrictions could help dismantle structural school segregation across the city.
    May 19, 2017

    Contact:         Serena Larkin, [email protected], 206-447-1880 x111 Seattle Children Zoned Out of High-Quality Classrooms Loosening single-family zoning restrictions could help dismantle structural school segregation across the city. Single-family zoning rules in Seattle restrict fully 72 percent of land in the attendance areas of the city’s 13 top-rated, non-option, public elementary schools. That’s according to new research from […]

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  • Maps: The 20 LNG Proposals Vying for BC’s Shores

    A new Sightline report details the potential for liquefied natural gas to take hold in British Columbia.
    March 8, 2017

    For immediate release: March 8, 2017 Contact:          Tarika Powell, [email protected], 206-447-1880 x109 Even as BC’s LNG ‘gold rush’ goes bust, these 20 proposed projects still want in New report maps the would-be LNG exporters lured by the province’s promises of support. Over the past several years, British Columbia has seen an onslaught of proposals for […]

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  • D+ in government accountability?

    New Sightline research shows 1464 would do better for WA.
    October 12, 2016

    For Immediate Release: October 12, 2016 Contact:          Serena Larkin, [email protected] The Center for Public Integrity gives Washington State a dismal D+ in government accountability. But a measure before state’s voters this fall could change that. A new series of articles by think tank Sightline Institute describes how the Washington Government Accountability Act, I-1464, would: Rein […]

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  • Major Northwest Environmental Firm Backs Oil Train and Petrochemical Development

    EnviroIssues promotes oil and gas projects, at odds with its reputation.
    June 9, 2016

    For Immediate Release: June 9, 2016 Contact:          Eric de Place, [email protected], 206-447-1880 x105 SEATTLE, WA—A prominent Seattle-based public affairs firm with a green reputation has in fact worked to advance some of the Pacific Northwest’s most controversial oil and gas projects, according to newly published research from Sightline Institute. EnviroIssues has worked to shepherd through […]

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  • Company Backing Grays Harbor Oil Terminal Has Troubled History

    Westway’s proposed project could threaten area fishing and tourism.
    May 24, 2016

    For Immediate Release: May 24, 2016 Contact:          Eric de Place, [email protected], 206-447-1880 x105 GRAYS HARBOR, WA—Gloomy financial prospects, a poor safety record, and community distrust dog Westway, the company proposing to develop a massive oil shipping facility at the Port of Grays Harbor, Washington. A new report from Sightline Institute shows that the Louisiana-based company […]

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  • Study: Third Wave of Fuel Projects Targets Pacific Northwest

    Cousins to coal export and oil-by-rail projects, fracked fuel and petrochemical proposals gets its first regional review.
    February 18, 2016

    For Immediate Release: February 18, 2016 Contact:          Eric de Place, [email protected], 206-447-1880 x105 SEATTLE, WA—Eight proposals in Oregon and Washington would build new refineries, pipelines, and port facilities to export fracked fuels and petrochemicals in very large quantities. These projects are a previously unexamined third wave in Northwest fossil fuel infrastructure development plans, following on […]

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  • Ending the Crude Oil Export Ban Will Have Steep Consequences for Pacific Northwest

    Energy projects in the region will need to redo their reviews under a post-ban scenario.
    December 16, 2015

    For Immediate Release: December 16, 2015 Contact: Eric de Place, [email protected], 206-447-1880 x105 The end of the oil export ban could be a game-changer for the Northwest. The dismantling of a 40-year-old national policy to support energy independence could trigger a tsunami of crude oil moved by train or pipeline, increasing the risks of local fires […]

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