Coal: Bringing you fish too toxic to eat
by Anna Fahey This post is part of the research project: The Dirt on Coal Photo Credit: heydrienne via Compfight cc When I was pregnant with my daughter, I wrote a lot on this...
Washington Liberals Blog
Use your voice to save transit!
It’s the eleventh hour in Olympia, for real this time – June 30 is the final day of this second special session, and if the state legislature doesn’t pass a local transit funding option this week, King...
Revenue-neutral carbon pricing in Washington State
One of the most successful climate policies in the world is the revenue-neutral carbon tax in British Columbia. Created in 2008 by a right-of-center government, BC’s tax is revenue-neutral, meaning that all the money...
On the local option for transit funding
At the Bellevue forum on transit funding, Rep. Judy Clibborn described how a Republican legislator probably won’t support the local option for transit funding that is being considered by the legislature, HB 1954. According...
Syria: Nation and Region in Crisis, discussion in Seattle on Friday, June 28
The crisis in Syria is escalating to very dangerous levels. If Americans don’t want to see a repeat of the disaster unleashed in Iraq, we urge you to attend this very important presentation organized...
Join local Environmental Justice activists Saturday at the Freemont Solstice Parade and HONK! Fest
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beautiful imagery broadcasting our values complete with a giant group sing-along for the Climate ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Join the “Procession for Our Future” coal train vs. sustainable energy ensemble in the Fremont Summer Solstice Parade...
Sen. Doug Ericksen promotes climate change denial, weakens toxic control act, and accepts the most free meals from oil industry lobbyists
Last week Republican state Senator Doug Ericksen won a victory for Big Oil when the legislature passed, and the governor signed, SB 5296, which weakened the Model Toxics Control Act. The legislation was the...
Shining light on higher ed accessibility
Sometimes it just makes sense to sit back, look around, and be thankful we live in the state of Washington. The Cascades and the Olympics frame the sky, the air is clear, cool and invigorating,...
The Statewide Transit Funding Crisis
By Beau Morton of the Transit Rider’s Union As transit riders, it can be hard to look beyond the particular stops and routes that we use most often to the larger transit issues in our...
Hog fuel or health care? WA state Senate considering 14 more more tax loopholes
he fourteen tax breaks proposed by the state Senate – despite a revenue shortfall and $1 billion funding deficit in K-12 education – beg the question: can we really afford this? Some loopholes have...