Margaret Morales
Margaret Morales was a senior researcher for Sightline Institute. She earned her master’s from the University of British Columbia’s Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability, where she was a Bridge Fellow focusing on issues of public health and the environment. There her research examined wastewater and biosolids management in British Columbia and Latin America. She received her Bachelor’s degree from Duke University in Environmental Science and Policy, and English. She also holds a certificate in Documentary Video from Duke and worked as a documentary filmmaker for non-profits in the United States, Canada, and Latin America. Her work has screened in multiple film festivals.
In her free time Margaret enjoys cooking, reading novels, and working on her photography.
In her free time Margaret enjoys cooking, reading novels, and working on her photography.
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Family Forest Owners Could Champion Carbon Drawdown
Family forest owners could lead on climate-smart forestry with public mechanisms to incentivize carbon drawdown practices.
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Cover Crops: Let’s Pay Farmers to Protect Our Water
Across the United States, nearly six million people drink from water systems with elevated nitrate levels, a number which does not include households on private well water, for which there is no consistent testing standard. Latino residents living in rural areas disproportionately bear the exposure to this toxic discharge. Cover crops interrupt the pollution pathway, transforming the typically slick sheets of bare winter fields into obstacle courses that slow the water’s flow.
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Foresters Could Lead on Carbon Drawdown
The temperate forests of the Pacific Northwest are the Olympic athletes of the carbon world. They can store more carbon, acre for acre, than nearly any ecosystem on earth. A single acre of old growth in the Oregon or Washington Cascades holds the equivalent of a year’s worth of emissions from 250 cars.
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States Lead to Rid Food Crops of the Neurotoxin Chlorpyrifos
Editor’s note, 12/30/2020: Readers may have noticed that John has been updating this material, in anticipation of one day reporting ...
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US Mistrust of Cash Benefits is Devastating Pandemic Response
In Oregon, many unemployment checks have been held up for more than a month; most Canadian claims took three days. Here's why.
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We Shouldn’t Need a Virus to Embrace Cash Benefits
The best social benefits are also the simplest.
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Mailing Checks is More Than a Good Idea: It’s a Moral Imperative
We owe something to the people already suffering to save their vulnerable neighbors: Money.
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Washington Stops at Incremental Housing Steps
State-level coordination to legalize duplexes and rowhouses thwarted by cities clinging to “local control.”
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Washington Stops at Incremental Housing Steps
More and more Washingtonians can’t find homes they can afford. The housing squeeze has been especially hard on renters. For ...
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Washington Takes a Stand for Granny Flats
Granny flats won in Olympia this session. Yesterday, Washington lawmakers took action to address the state’s housing shortage, leading cities ...
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The Election You’ve Never Voted in That Matters for the Climate
Imagine an election in which you not only had to keep track of the date each year, but you also ...
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Updated: Housing Bill Tracker for 2020 Washington Legislative Session
Lawmakers have proposed a balanced suite of bills for more homes, more subsidies, and more tenant protections.
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