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Climate News 3/16/24
Seattle The draft Comprehensive Plan contains a Climate Element, which is what the City is using to replace the Climate Action Plan. The Climate Element starts on page 137. It affirms the City's 2030 and 2050 goals for overall emission reductions, and for...
Climate News 3/11/24
Seattle The Mayor released the draft Comprehensive Plan. Most commentators seem to agree that the plan tilts towards more townhomes, but this may not be enough to accomodate much additional growth. The Urbanist quotes Julia Reed "The largest city in the state should...
Climate News 3.2.24
Seattle The Mayor released the Seattle Transportation Plan, which will be presented to the Transportation Committee on Tuesday morning. See here for an overview. The new plan comes in two parts. Part One outlines the vision, describes the...
Concerns About Nuclear Energy
Below are links for books and articles from the Oregon Conservancy Foundation. These are provided for anyone wanting to learn more about the challenges of nuclear energy. OCF is particularly concerned about the Department of Energy's "Cleanup to Clean Energy"...
‘Tax Day To Earth Day’
'Tax Day To Earth Day' is a new campaign which brings attention to the importance of shifting our taxes away from things that are destroying our planet to things that are restoring it. This campaign imagines a world where we fund the restoration of our streams, rivers...
Climate News 2.7.24
It's a busy time. Here's some of what's been happening. Seattle House Our Neighbors announced that it would run a campaign for a new initiative for social housing. The previous initiative set up the administration of the social housing, this one will be to fund the...