Proud to be crossposting @fischer.bsky.social today at @sightline.org: The Case for a Homes-Near-Transit Bill in Oregon in 2027 www.sightline.org/2026/07/17/t...

“The line, if it is used by the utilities as they originally said that they were planning to use it, can help Oregon meet its clean energy goals by again bringing more clean energy into the state and sharing resources across the broader Northwest region." @emilymoore.bsky.social via @opb.org

"Thermal energy can help solve Cascadia’s grid woes and expand access to efficient heating and cooling," writes @sightline.org's Laura Feinstein: www.sightline.org/2026/07/15/d... 🔌💡

To vote in Alaska’s primary elections, residents must register by July 19 — here’s how. Get the details from @corinne-smith.bsky.social at @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/briefs/to-vo...

“This idea of harmonizing wisdom is important, and then when we speak directly to it and you experience it, it can change your heart, it can change your way of thinking, and that’s really what we hope to get out of this is.”

"A bike is magic, and an e-bike is a bike without hills and showers." @billmckibben.bsky.social #cycling #climateaction #bcpoli

Also check out this piece from @danbertolet.bsky.social at @sightline.org, which has done a ton of great work on land value taxes.

“Vancouver’s future cannot be built only around the comfort of those who fear losing the city they remember.” dailyhive.com/vancouver/va... @iamkennethchan.bsky.social

🚨 Eye candy alert 🚨 How do we add more homes to our existing leafy, quiet, 50'-wide residential lots? @lanefab.com has a gorgeous idea.

Such a promising solution! Thrilled to see this idea get the Volts treatment. Related:

The latest in @1000oregon.bsky.social's Wildfire Wednesday series: The rising risks and costs of megafires in Oregon. @rpelai.bsky.social

In Portland’s single-stair design competition, students showcased beautiful, light-filled homes that could fit on a standard residential lot. None of them are legal to build. @maccoinnich.bsky.social www.sightline.org/2026/07/09/i...

The United States is turning 250. Everything we want for the next 50 years starts with fixing housing. www.vox.com/the-highligh...

One in four Cascadians live in homes governed by HOAs, condo associations, or strata corporations.

This building is less than 20 years old. This is the result of the elevator oligopoly fighting against acceptance of global standards. I promise SOMEBODY, SOMEWHERE in the world makes this part! You just can’t use it in America because the companies want to bill you to replace the whole elevator

In Deschutes County, advocates are gathering signatures to get proportional #RCV on the ballot! With #ProportionalRepresentation, every vote matters and contributes to real power. A majority of voters can elect their preferred candidate(s) along with smaller, united voting blocs.

Innovation vs. climate change: Introducing ‘Positive Charge,’ a new podcast from GeekWire https://www.geekwire.com/2026/innovation-vs-climate-change-introducing-positive-charge-a-new-podcast-from-geekwire/

You know what would make the pickle of Alaska's double Dan Sullivans moot? Party labels.

Some customers are seeing electric bills higher than ever. Here's why.

Big win for mail-in voting this morning: SCOTUS ruled in favor of Mississippi in the Watson case, upholding protections for ballots that arrive after Election Day. That means existing deadlines can continue: 10 days after Election Day in AK, 7 days in OR, and 21 days in WA.

“As the cost of clean energy keeps plummeting, it gets more and more obvious how much money we waste, and how much financial risk we incur, by staying with fossil fuel.” open.substack.com/pub/billmcki... 🙌 @billmckibben.bsky.social

When we’re building more apartments, we’re accidentally making climate progress.

We're barreling into another hotter-than-normal summer, and HOAs are gatekeeping access to heat pumps for millions of homes in the Pacific Northwest. @rpelai.bsky.social

Many of these private utilities in the West should have been investing more of their record profits in wildfire prevention over the last few decades, rather than hiking rates in haste following 2020 wake up call and asking ratepayers to urgently shoulder the burden.

Cascadians are paying millions to prevent utility-caused fires 💰💰💰

Just a reminder that this is something you support in your own community if you want to do something meaningful about climate change: www.sightline.org/apartments-a...

Pushback against the dismantling of ocean-research stations in the Northwest and beyond has led the Trump administration to reverse course.

You shouldn't be prevented from getting a heat pump bc your HOA thinks it's ugly! @rpelai.bsky.social out with new @sightline.org research today about how HOAs stand in the way of efficient cooling solutions for many Cascadians -- and what policymakers can do about it.

We're barreling into another hotter-than-normal summer, and HOAs are gatekeeping access to heat pumps for millions of homes in the Pacific Northwest. @rpelai.bsky.social

Nonprofits start campaign to bring proportional ranked choice voting to Deschutes County

When we’re building more apartments, we’re accidentally making climate progress.

PNW utilities are spending millions of their customers' $ to prevent wildfires, while asking for liability shields. A better idea is more oversight of utilities' spending so that we can prevent megafires AND the runaway electricity rates that squeeze budgets and undermine electrification.

You know what would make the pickle of Alaska's double Dan Sullivans moot? Party labels.

How liable should utility companies be for wildfires?

"We think that building housing is part of the solution. We think net zero is part of the solution. We think a car-light development is part of the solution. We think building a sense of place and community is part of the solution." -- leader of the Squamish nation www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/o...

“New residents bring new ideas, businesses, taxes, and more, but if a region hasn’t planned to accommodate them, newcomers will have to bid up prices to find a home, driving some existing residents out and locking out other would-be residents from the area.” @sightline.org

Help us move housing policy forward in the city of Anchorage! 🚵

About 20% of mailed ballots in Alaska arrived after Election Day in 2022. Ballots from Alaska Native communities are especially vulnerable: Between 55 to 78% of mail-in ballots from the Aleutian Islands districts up to the North Slope arrived after Election Day in 2022.

Monday's Most Read # 3 - Yes, a Land Value Tax Is Possible in Washington State link.theoverheadwire.com/e4h96 Sightline Institute @sightline.org

Hey, I’m back to work at @sightline.org today after my 3-month sabbatical! Attempting reentry without email bankruptcy but feel free to hit me up now

This report is absolutely excellent. I’m really hoping Spokane and #waleg can get this done so we can build more homes and make more efficient use of our scarcest resource: land.

Excited about this! #LVT Heads and #Georgist friends check it out: A new report shows how shifting incentives through a land value tax in Spokane could encourage homebuilding and discourage in-city vacant land speculation. www.sightline.org/2026/06/03/y... #landvaluetax #WAleg

Increase property tax rates, but provide an exemption for "improvements" aka buildings so it's revenue neutral. = A doable way to implement a Land Value Tax so we're taxing land value, not over-taxing the useful thing (aka buildings). via @sightline.org www.sightline.org/2026/06/03/y...

Homes, shops, public spaces >>>> empty city lots. @danbertolet.bsky.social

We're looking for a contributor in BC! If you know a researcher, advocate or writer who cares about cities and wants to shape housing policy, send them our way.

A similar situation in Alaska yesterday: Sen. Robert Myers filed a letter of intent to run for another term, but never made it official. Rep. Frank Tomaszewski filed to run for Senate District Q shortly before Myers announced his retirement and endorsed Tomaszewski in a prepared statement.

There are no words to describe the joy this brings. A Condor back in Oregon skies. Just a lot of gratitude for all the work from the Yurok Tribe, National Park Service, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's on the Northern California Condor Restoration Program. www.oregonlive.com/environment/...

Tomorrow's primary election in Montana was shaped by a backroom deal. @alvanderklipp.bsky.social

In recent Washington State elections, so many Dems ran in the top-two primary that vote-splitting locked the party out in November – despite most voters favoring Dems. The fix? Add ranked choice voting. @sightline.org's Alan Durning explains in @seattletimes.com