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Emily Moore

Emily Moore is the Director of Sightline’s Climate and Energy program. She leads Sightline’s work transitioning Cascadia away from fossil fuels and toward cleaner energy sources. Emily has more than a decade of experience working in the social sector, most recently at Dalberg Advisors, where she advised clients including the MacArthur Foundation, the UN Population Fund, and former First Lady Michelle Obama’s Reach Higher initiative on strategy and program development. Emily earned an MA in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School and a BA from Brown University. Outside of Sightline, you can find Emily trying to convince everyone she knows to play pickleball. She lives in Seattle. Email her at emily [at] sightline [dot] org, find her latest research here, and follow her Twitter or Bluesky.

Emily Moore

Emily Moore

Latest articles

Lessons for Washington State Leaders as Another US Oil Refinery Closes

Takeaways Yet another US oil refinery will soon shut its doors. Phillips 66 announced in October 2024 that it will close ...
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One of Washington’s Anti-Climate Initiatives, 2066, Eked Out a Victory. Why?

Takeaways Washingtonians narrowly approved Initiative 2066, the ballot measure that will hinder the state’s efforts to reduce climate pollution from buildings. ...
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Four Ways Gov.-elect Ferguson and Washington Lawmakers Can Build on the State’s Big Climate Win

Takeaways Voters in Washington state delivered a resounding endorsement of climate action on Tuesday. They overwhelmingly rejected Initiative 2117, which ...
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Correcting the Record on Initiative 2066

Takeaways On October 4, 2024, the Seattle Times editorial board encouraged its readers to vote yes on Washington Ballot Initiative 2066. That endorsement is ...
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The Contradiction of a Split Vote on Washington’s Anti-Climate Ballot Initiatives

Two of the four measures on Washington state’s ballots this fall, Initiatives 2066 and 2117, take aim at the state’s ...
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(Re)explaining Washington’s Climate Commitment Act

Takeaways Find audio versions of Sightline articles on any of your favorite podcast platforms, including Spotify, YouTube, and Apple. Editor’s ...
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Explaining Washington’s Ballot Initiative 2066

Takeaways Find audio versions of Sightline articles on any of your favorite podcast platforms, including Spotify, YouTube, and Apple. Burning ...
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The Northwest’s Electric Grid Deserves an Upgrade

Takeaways Find audio versions of Sightline articles on any of your favorite podcast platforms, including Spotify, YouTube, and Apple. The ...
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Washington State Leads in Climate-Friendly Building Policies—For Now

Takeaways Buildings make up a quarter of Washington state’s carbon emissions, polluting more than any other sector except transportation.1 To change ...
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180 Sites Account for a Quarter of Cascadia’s Carbon Pollution

Takeaways Dozens of major polluters, from oil refineries to pulp and paper mills to electronics manufacturers, dirty Cascadia’s air and ...
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Is the Permitting Process for Transmission Lines Really Broken?

Analyzing three common claims of malfunction, plus proposing a new, faster way forward for the Northwest.
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Who Will Pay for Cascadia’s Transmission Lines?

The multibillion-dollar question that Senator Maria Cantwell, Governor Jay Inslee, and other Northwest leaders can help answer.
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