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Environment & Sustainability

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Maren Costa Builds Council Run on West Seattle Roots and Climate Organizing

Last week The Urbanist took a peek at how the Seattle's Council District 1 race is shaping up, and former Amazon tech worker turned...

Bellingham and Seattle Balance Urban Forestry with Housing Needs

What is the value of the row of trees that sit along your street? Cities in Washington are working to give those trees more importance...

Sound Transit Is Set to Leverage State’s Clean Fuel Standard for Revenue

Sound Transit has an opportunity to leverage Washington's new Clean Fuel Standard for revenue. The agency believes that participation in the market-based program to...

Housing Density Is a Win-Win For Wildlife and People

Washington needs abundant, affordable, and accessible housing. Accordingly, this legislative session made progress on housing density (via HB 1110, HB 1337, SB 5190, and...

Four Vital Housing and Climate Bills Survive the Washington Legislature

WALeg Wednesday considers the housing package that passed, led by HB 1110.  As the legislative calendar winds its way to adjourning sine die (until next...

Seattle Can Take Its New Tree Ordinance and Apply It to Itself

Unpave paradise and take down that parking lot. Trees in Seattle are facing a new threat, not from beetles or the axe, but from...

South Puget Sound Cities Now at High Risk for Wildfire

In response, Wildfire Ready Neighbors fire prevention program launches in Western Washington Just 10 days into this spring, a firefighting team flew in a helicopter...

Legislature Advances Narrower TOD and Missing Middle Bills

The legislative clock ticks closer to its late April conclusion this WALeg Wednesday. In This Digest: Important Bills At A Glance Weekly Focus: Slim, Difficult Housing...