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		<title>Pacific Northwest States Paid $700 Million for Russian Oil Last Year Alone</title>
		<link><![CDATA[https://www.sightline.org/2022/03/04/pacific-northwest-states-paid-700-million-for-russian-oil-last-year-alone/]]></link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2022 02:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[Cascadia’s oil imports and Russia’s war. | Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine is financed largely from oil and gas exports, predominantly to European countries. But while Cascadia mostly gets our crude from Alaska, Alberta, and North Dakota, our hands are not entirely clean of Russian oil either. The five oil refineries on Puget Sound that provide almost all of Oregon and Washington’s gasoline, diesel, and other petroleum products import millions of barrels of Russian crude annually....]]></description>
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		<title>King County Sets the Standard for Clean Energy Financing</title>
		<link><![CDATA[https://www.sightline.org/2021/11/30/king-county-sets-the-standard-for-clean-energy-financing/]]></link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2021 20:55:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[The Council synced up a creative financing tool with county climate goals. | King County Councilmember Dave Upthegrove said it well: “Local governments like King County have, I believe, a moral responsibility to future generations and that’s a responsibility to reduce the pollution that’s causing climate change.” Unfortunately, that responsibility to decarbonize isn’t always baked in, even when it comes to local jurisdictions’ available clean energy financing mechanisms. Washington’s 2020 state law for Commercial Property-Assessed Clean Energy and Resiliency (C-PACER), for example, allows...]]></description>
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		<title>Listen In: Policymaking in a Pandemic</title>
		<link><![CDATA[https://www.sightline.org/2020/04/14/listen-in-policymaking-in-a-pandemic/]]></link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2020 18:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[Sightline featured on KBOO’s “Locus Focus” for a look at COVID-19, climate change, voting by mail, and more. | This week, I joined KBOO Community Radio‘s Barbara Bernstein for a wide-ranging conversation about how the coronavirus pandemic shapes our policymaking and may change our calculations about climate change. We talked about the profound challenges of the crisis, as well as the way it presents new opportunities for important policies like voting by mail and universal basic income. We discussed what the collapse of oil prices means for the struggling fossil...]]></description>
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		<title>How the Market Collapse is Impacting Northwest Fossil Fuel Companies</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2020 23:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[   Plummeting prices and a global coronavirus pandemic are doing serious damage to industry’s finances. | Global markets are in a steep week-and-half long slide, with major US indices plummeting during some of the worst sell-offs in history. Fossil fuel companies felt the greatest financial pain when two shocks hit almost simultaneously: worldwide fears of the coronavirus leading to reduced consumer demand and a price war between major oil-producing countries. It is too early to say what any of this will mean for the Northwest’s fossil...]]></description>
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		<title>Northwest Doctors Weigh in on Fracked Gas</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jun 2019 00:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[What we don't know about weak regulations, inadequate monitoring, and industry secretiveness can hurt us, physicians say. | A new report by Northwest health professional finds that fracked gas development in the region is a danger to the health of local communities. Jointly published by the Oregon and Washington chapters of Physicians for Social Responsibility, the 150-page analysis details the medical research that bears on key factors like air pollution, water contamination, noise, explosions, and occupational hazards. It’s a grim diagnosis for a region that prides itself on...]]></description>
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		<title>Cloud Peak&#8217;s Bankruptcy: The Winners and Losers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2019 12:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[The people making the riskiest bets will likely see the biggest rewards.  | Cloud Peak Energy, the coal giant that operates three massive mines in Montana and Wyoming, officially declared bankruptcy on May 10. Bankruptcy cancels debts and shreds IOUs, so if Cloud Peak owes you money, there&#8217;s a good chance you won&#8217;t get it back. At the same time, a handful of corporate insiders, bankers, and high-paid advisors will come through the process flush with cash. So, for those who can stomach...]]></description>
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		<title>Studying Full Methane Life Cycle Critical to PNW Climate Policy</title>
		<link><![CDATA[https://www.sightline.org/2019/02/12/study-methane-life-cycle-critical-pacific-northwest/]]></link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2019 13:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[Better accounting of methane releases could help us avoid a tremendous mistake. | ]]></description>
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		<title>King County Council Approves Moratorium on Fossil Fuel Expansion</title>
		<link><![CDATA[https://www.sightline.org/2019/01/28/king-county-council-approves-moratorium-fossil-fuel-expansion/]]></link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2019 03:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[The measure aims to improve zoning and permitting rules to prevent oil and gas storage, processing, and compressors.  | The King County Council passed an ordinance Monday evening that puts a six-month moratorium on new fossil fuel infrastructure, an early-year victory for Cascadia&#8217;s proponents of renewable energy and climate action. BACKGROUND: King County Poised to Lock Out Fossil Fuels The measure, introduced by Councilmember Dave Upthegrove, can&#8217;t prohibit federally-regulated pipelines or rail lines but its aim is to update zoning and permitting to prevent new fossil fuel storage, processing,...]]></description>
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		<title>How to Successfully Talk About Climate and Energy in Alberta Oil Country</title>
		<link><![CDATA[https://www.sightline.org/2018/11/16/how-to-successfully-talk-about-climate-and-energy-in-alberta-oil-country/]]></link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2018 18:08:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[The common sense communication guide to connect Canadians to their common ground on climate issues. | Although Alberta is not in Cascadia, the decisions made there have a disproportionate impact on the lives of West Coast Canadians and Americans. Besides being home to the largest oil sands mines in the world—with a correspondingly high contribution to greenhouse gas emissions—Alberta is also the origin of the existing Trans Mountain pipeline, and the Albertan government is fighting hard to ensure construction of the newer, bigger Trans Mountain twin...]]></description>
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		<title>Tideflats Protections Extended but Not Expanded in Tuesday Council Vote</title>
		<link><![CDATA[https://www.sightline.org/2018/11/14/tideflats-protections-extended-but-not-expanded-in-tuesday-council-vote/]]></link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2018 17:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[The moratorium now goes until May but won't halt existing fossil fuel facilities' plans to expand operations | Tacoma will get another six-month reprieve from any new fossil fuel facilities, thanks to a Tuesday vote by the city council. The council first approved interim regulations barring fossil fuel development about a year ago to give planners time to write new, permanent land-use laws to govern the city’s industrial port area, known as the Tideflats. Long a target for dirty energy facilities, a new set of rules called a...]]></description>
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