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Climate and energy policy in the Pacific Northwest
@Sightline.org
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Ross Macfarlane
1 day ago
Social license matters. The tech industry's rush to site data centers without addressing community concerns about costs, pollution, public health, and other issues has generated a massive backlash that cuts across partisan lines.
@heatmap.news
@robinsonmeyer.bsky.social
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Todd Woody
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New: Berkeley is the first US city to require home sellers and buyers to replace gas furnaces/water heaters with heat pumps or make other green upgrades as a condition of sale. It's changing the local real estate market as sellers tout electrification. Free link.
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To Sell a Home in This California City, It Must Be Climate Friendly
Berkeley is requiring home sellers to make green upgrades as a condition of sale.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-19/to-sell-a-home-in-berkeley-you-might-need-to-buy-a-heat-pump?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc3OTIwMDY2MywiZXhwIjoxNzc5ODA1NDYzLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJURkEzM0JLR1pBWUUwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIyMjc1RTYyODc5NjY0NjIyOUExMkRCMjU1OEYzNjQ2QiJ9.x4naOy58JODreqIAkOuLiUGR-PDBPkzoPa526dgQ1Tw
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🇺🇦 Joe LaRusso 🔌 🕳️ 🐇
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$9.5 billion—those are the New England transmission cost savings that could be achieved via public financing, according to a major new study from Acadia Center and Clean Air Task Force. 🔌💡
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A Smarter Way to Pay: Public Financing for Affordable Transmission Development in New England - Acadia Center
A Smarter Way to Pay: Public Financing for Affordable Transmission in New England – Report Legal Pathways to Lowering Transmission Costs in New England Through Public Transmission Financing Economic A...
https://acadiacenter.org/a-smarter-way-to-pay-public-financing-for-affordable-transmission-development-in-new-england/
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
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fighting drought by harvesting energy. you love to see it
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Kylie Mohr
about 1 month ago
States across the West are dealing with outdated funding systems in the face of skyrocketing wildfire costs. Some are responding in creative ways:
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Wildfires are torching state budgets - High Country News
From nicotine taxes to tourist fees and new disaster accounts, states are looking for new funding sources.
https://www.hcn.org/articles/wildfires-are-torching-state-budgets/
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Jason
about 1 month ago
People are literally moving to Issaquah so their kids have safe places to bike but as a city we still apparently aren't sure if we should build safer streets.
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Joshua Basseches
about 1 month ago
👏👏👏
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Hawaii House advances bill targeting energy firms over insurance costs
The measure would let the state and insurers sue fossil fuel companies for damages tied to climate-driven disasters.
https://www.eenews.net/articles/hawaii-house-advances-bill-targeting-energy-firms-over-insurance-costs/
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Whenever I'm in traffic I imagine pictures like these. Deleting all the cars and seeing how few people they're transporting + all the empty space that is opened up.
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PSA this is NOT Sightline Institute
@sightline.org
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani
about 1 month ago
Happy Earth Day, NYC! An affordable city is a sustainable city. I'm proud to support NYCHA’s ambitious new Sustainability Agenda, which includes heat pumps, electric vehicle charging stations, induction stoves, and other energy-efficiency upgrades for NYCHA residents over the next five years.
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If you're not excited about WA's new state transmission authority, you're not paying attention!
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It's ironic that the Seattle Times ed board chose
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to call for weakening WA's climate laws. And ICYMI, my
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colleague Laura Feinstein fact checked the study that's behind the renewed calls for gas
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High utility bills, blackouts more likely unless WA takes this step | Editorial
Another sobering study shows the limits to deep decarbonization. Legislators should heed those warnings to avoid higher utility bills and blackouts.
https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/editorials/wa-lawmakers-commit-to-flexibility-to-keep-electricity-affordable-reliable/
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I continue to be impressed with how Mamdani keeps churning out really tangible wins. Would love to see more things like this from
@mayorofseattle.bsky.social
. Many more bike lanes + walkable places, quickly, for example.
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Should development be extinguished on California’s fire-prone hills? - Reveal
Sonoma County’s hillsides are particularly picturesque and expensive. Their history of fire and development is instructive because it is so typical.
https://revealnews.org/article/should-development-be-extinguished-on-californias-fire-prone-hills/#:~:text=Conventional%20wildfire%20planning%20suggests%20that,Tubbs%20Fire%20footprint%20were%20destroyed
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Center for Climate Integrity
about 2 months ago
"The average American homeowner isn’t responsible for this climate chaos; why are they the ones picking up the tab for the billions of dollars of damage it leaves in its wake?"
@commondreams.org
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Extreme Weather Is Sending Home Insurance Rates Through the Roof; Big Oil Should Pay | Common Dreams
We and a growing number of lawmakers are proposing legislation to ensure that the companies that helped drive the climate crisis help pay their fair share of the ensuing damage.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/big-oil-pay-insurance
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insurance companies shouldn't be allowed to invest in fossil fuels
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David Roberts
about 2 months ago
Thermal energy networks (TENs) -- networks of pipes that bring up heat from under the earth's surface to warm homes & buildings without pollution or emissions -- are breaking out all over! Here's a new one in a tiny, rural NC town:
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Tiny North Carolina town takes a big step toward geothermal energy
Seed funding will help the rural town of Enfield in its quest to heat and cool homes without fossil fuels while drastically lowering residents’ energy…
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/geothermal/enfield-north-carolina-thermal-geothermal-network-plan
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Qagggy!
over 1 year ago
We should redesign cities for autonomous kids, not autonomous cars.
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Emily Sanders
about 2 months ago
🚨Rep. Harriet Hageman just introduced a bill in Congress to kill lawsuits and superfund laws that would make oil companies pay for climate damages. The lawmaker's press release features a joint statement from the two largest oil & gas lobby groups in the country.
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The Urbanist
about 2 months ago
Sound Transit can halve the cost of light rail to Ballard and West Seattle by building them as a connected automated light rail line with slimmer stations, according to two transit experts who have launched the Sound Transit Now campaign. Guest op-ed:
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Op-Ed: Reconnect and Automate Ballard to West Seattle Rail to Save ST3
Sound Transit can halve the cost of light rail to Ballard and West Seattle by building them as a connected automated light rail line with slimmer stations, according to two transit experts who have la...
https://www.theurbanist.org/op-ed-reconnect-and-automate-ballard-to-west-seattle-rail-to-save-st3/
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Great! Now let's add a permanent bike lane too? At least close one lane to cars permanently?
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Zack Labe
about 2 months ago
This is a frightening map, especially given the fact that this is normally near the peak in snowpack across the West. There are many far-reaching consequences from this historic snow drought, ranging from increasing risk of summer wildfires to major water concerns. Map by
nwcc-apps.sc.egov.usda.gov
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Third Act Washington
about 2 months ago
Crucial infrastructure for King County’s clean energy future is under attack and needs our help. Please visit our site to email King County!
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Help protect King County battery energy storage systems (BESS)
Crucial infrastructure for King County’s clean energy future is under attack and needs our help. In 2024, King County passed a strong, science-based Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) ordinance in....
https://thirdact.org/washington/2026/04/11/help-protect-king-county-battery-energy-storage-systems-bess/
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I continue to think data center demand projections are overblown
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Inside Climate News
about 2 months ago
The main driver of gas-utility bills used to be the price of gas itself, but utility spending on gas infrastructure has more than tripled in the last decade—now making up the bulk of consumer costs.
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The Hidden Culprit Behind Rising Gas Utility Bills - Inside Climate News
From the cold snap this winter to the U.S.’s war with Iran, rising energy bills are making headlines. But there’s a larger story behind spikes in gas-utility costs, one decades in the making. The mai...
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/07042026/the-hidden-culprit-behind-rising-gas-utility-bills/
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jesse
2 months ago
if you invented public libraries today, every opinion page in the country would be arguing for means tested subsidized Amazon Prime memberships
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Just returned from Spokane and Bend for focus groups on the grid. One of the biggest takeaways: people don't understand or believe the link between expanding the grid and fighting climate change, even if they are all for more clean energy.
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Climate Solutions
2 months ago
New gas-fired power plants aren't the answer for the PNW's energy needs. In a recent OPB article, the non-partisan think tank
@sightline.org
makes the case that building gas infrastructure isn’t the only answer. To learn more, listen to the full interview:
www.opb.org/article/2026...
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How Pacific Northwest can handle growing energy demands without new gas-fired power plants
Sightline Institute has a new piece arguing against some findings from an industry-paid study. We'll hear a fellow with the think tank to learn more.
https://www.opb.org/article/2026/03/31/northwest-energy-gap-natural-gas/
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More transmission means better access to wind and solar, less reliance on volatile fossil fuels, a more resilient grid, and less overbuilding of generation.
@ktrumbull.bsky.social
with smart ideas to get grid projects off the ground in Oregon -- one of the hardest places to get it done today.
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WeRateDogs
2 months ago
A viral dog rescue from 2016 is now immortalized with a statue in Kazakhstan. When a dog fell into the Sayran reservoir, bystanders formed a human chain to pull him to safety. The statue is a reminder of the value of unity, solidarity and collective action. 14/10 for all
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David Roberts
2 months ago
Ooh, good stuff here from
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: a scorecard that ranks all 50 states on how easy it is to install solar, how smooth they've made permitting & interconnection, etc.
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Solar permitting scorecard
A majority of states have done little to adopt common-sense practices that reduce the costs and delays that permitting and inspection requirements impose on families wishing to install solar panels an...
https://environmentamerica.org/center/resources/solar-permitting-scorecard/
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In September I visited one of the half-finished nuclear reactors in Satsop, WA. We're still paying it off, after the largest municipal bond default in US history (known as "Whoops"). Let's not repeat history.
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Michael Wara
3 months ago
Feeling a lot of trepidation about the fire season this morning.
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Breaking:
#waleg
passes SB 6355 to establish a state transmission authority, with bipartisan support. One big step to expanding our grid so we can connect more wind and solar and free ourselves from polluting, dangerous, and expensive fossil fuels.
app.leg.wa.gov/BillSummary/...
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SB 6355 Washington State Legislature
https://app.leg.wa.gov/BillSummary/?BillNumber=6355&Year=2026
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ICYMI, state transmission authority may happen in
#waleg
this year (i.e., today or tomorrow), after all!
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WA's electricity grid needs a state transmission authority | Editorial
A bill aims to focus state government on the urgent task of building transmission to power new electricity demands and fulfill the clean energy transition.
https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/editorials/was-electricity-grid-needs-a-state-transmission-authority/
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Bill McKibben
3 months ago
This is what ecocide looks like.
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Brandon Friedman
3 months ago
They're going to poison a city with 17 million people
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Ryan Goodman
3 months ago
Reuters Exclusive "U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school." "The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the Middle East."
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Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say
Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu...
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-investigation-points-likely-us-responsibility-iran-school-strike-sources-say-2026-03-06/
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Come for the great explainer on a better voting system. Stay for the satisfying clatter of animated marbles.
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Ricardo Pelai
3 months ago
New
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report w/
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!🔥 Policy tools to ⬇️
#wildfire
risk in the PNW: steer development away from risky areas, strengthen building codes, rebuild safer post-disaster, disclose hazard to renters/buyers & price insurance accurately.
www.sightline.org/fire-hazard-...
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Fire Hazard: The Mounting Costs of Northwest Sprawl
Honest information about homes’ fire risk can forge the way for more transformative changes to build out of harm’s way.
https://www.sightline.org/fire-hazard-the-mounting-costs-of-northwest-sprawl/
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Caleb Heeringa
3 months ago
People are pissed off about the rising cost of home insurance, understand that climate change-driven extreme weather disasters are making things more expensive, and support holding Big Oil accountable for those costs rather than everyday Americans.
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Hawaiʻi voters support holding Big Oil accountable for the home insurance crisis | Center for Climate Integrity
New poll shows voters are very concerned about rising cost, reduced availability of home insurance in aftermath of climate-driven Maui wildfires.
https://climateintegrity.org/news/view/hawaii-voters-support-holding-big-oil-accountable-for-the-home-insurance-crisis
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
3 months ago
"I had to punch that guy because I could tell he was going to hit me back once we jumped him" is just a description of jumping a guy
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It's lights out for WA Legislature's effort to regulate data centers • Washington State Standard
Big technology companies scored a win in Olympia on Monday, as a sweeping bill to regulate data centers lapsed in the Washington state Legislature. House Bill 2515 would have required data centers to ...
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/03/02/its-lights-out-for-wa-legislatures-effort-to-regulate-data-centers/
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"There was no imminent threat from Iran to the United States before the bombing campaign, said Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, the top Democrat on the Intelligence Committee, on exiting a classified briefing on the war."
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Reminder that *projections* about AI data centers causing sky-high electricity demand are not the same as AI data centers *already* having driven up electricity demand. (Yes there are hot spots where the latter has actually happened, but not yet nationwide)
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AI: Does not compute
Building fossil-fuel infrastructure to power data centers is a poor bet. Renewables are by far the cheaper, faster choice.
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/data-centers/ai-does-not-compute
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Sightline Institute
3 months ago
Let's do for wildfires what we’ve done for floods: stopping sprawl to risky areas, retrofitting homes to withstand fire, and rebuilding in places less likely to burn.
@rpelai.bsky.social
@emilymoore.bsky.social
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11% of Northwest Residents Live in Fire Country; 100% Pay the Price | Sightline Institute
1.6 million people live in high hazard areas. As the region continues to build in flammable landscapes, policymakers can protect communities with smarter building choices and the truth about rising ri...
https://www.sightline.org/2026/02/26/11-of-northwest-residents-live-in-fire-country-100-pay-the-price/
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Raider
3 months ago
Alex's mom on his 38th birthday.
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Steve Mullis
3 months ago
This is one of the videos the NYT has verified and links to in their reporting. NYT: "Video verified by [NYT] showed ... rescuers digging through the rubble with building cranes and shovels, and piles of bloodied, dusty backpacks."
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Chris Hayes
4 months ago
I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable. Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2026-01-29/ty-article/.premium/idf-accepts-gaza-health-ministry-estimate-of-over-70-000-palestinians-killed-in-the-war/0000019c-0918-dec4-adfd-fd5dde830000
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