Guillermo Rogel Jr says Gov. Ferguson's plan will harm health & safety of low income people & communities of color in WA. He said that Democrats promised Climate Commitment Act "funds would go to mitigate the causes of climate change, help us reduce pollution, and help us wean off of fossil fuels."

Rashid Shaheed got things started right away with an opening kickoff return touchdown, the 12s rocked the house, and the Seahawks never looked back! SEAHAWKS WIN 41-6 and move onto the NFC Championship Game! @seahawks @nfl

Recently, New Jersey became 1st state to require mandatory denial of permits in areas overburdened by cumulative impacts, which are assessed with its #EnvironmentalJustice Tool. This new study could help make such tools and approaches more accessible for more states. news.umich.edu/vulnerable-p...

Today, we celebrate the work of Dr. #MartinLutherKingJr and Black leaders past and present who created and continue to create lasting change and a legacy of equity, hope, and love. Especially on #MLKDay, we are reminded that "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." 🧡❤️💚💛

New research builds on our understanding of the effects of #wildfires in wet temperate forests like the ones we have here in western WA and OR: https://bit.ly/4qPWd8f @wadnr.bsky.social @uwnews.uw.edu#wildfires

Curious about how the fans are going to shake the stadium at the Seahawks vs 49ers game this Saturday? Check out our blog on pnsn.org on how the seismometers PNSN installed in Lumen Field will monitor & report data live during the game! pnsn.org/blog/2026-se...

We mourn the deaths of people killed by ICE, including Renee Nicole Good. These are not isolated tragedies, but part of a larger pattern of unchecked abuse and violence, provocation from an administration intent on ripping us apart. Leaders are calling it out. We must demand accountability.

. Fiji-based storyteller and activist Fenton Lutunatabua brings hope to the climate movement ... There is #hope, because we have the solutions 🛠️⚖️🔍 to take #ClimateAction. Find out more: www.facebook.com/imagine5of... .

This project should be the standard for utility upgrade projects. When we tear up the street for sub-surface upgrades, we should rebuild the road with surface upgrades (bus and/or bike lanes).

Trump gave our away our health care funding as tax cuts to his billionaire backers. It's time for us to take it back. Join us at the @balanceourtaxcode.bsky.social lobby day to pressure #WALeg to fund our essential services with progressive revenue solutions: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Despite widespread opposition, Puget Sound Clean Air Agency finalized a permit modification allowing Ash Grove to burn MORE toxic tires.🔥We joined Duwamish River Community Coalition to appeal & protect health of our community members & environment. earthjustice.org/press/2026/g... @earthjustice.org

"If there was ever a time for state lawmakers to be bold about supporting our communities, it’s now.” Our director, @elitaylorgoss.bsky.social, & Rian Watt from @eoionline.bsky.social wrote about the need for #WaLeg to pass progressive tax solutions this session! budgetandpolicy.org/schmudget/an...

On 1st day of legislative session see our statement + take action! 👉 We don't support Gov. Ferguson’s proposal to shift funding source for #WorkingFamiliesTaxCredit entirely to the #ClimateCommitmentAct. We support WFTC which must be funded thru general fund. frontandcentered.org/front-and-ce...

Great news for environmental justice! New Jersey’s Appellate Court affirmed the state could move forward to implement landmark Environmental Justice Law, keeping in place the legal requirement for additional environmental review for projects in overburdened communities.

Kicking off 2026 with a look back at how movements are built. Leslie Fields talks EJ history and D.C. policy with Jaron and Lonnie. Get caught up for the new year! Listen to the full episode here : uptown-chats.castos.com/episodes/hol...

📢 Apply by Jan 16 for the AGS 2026 Council Fellowship! U.S. Master’s & PhD students in geography, geospatial, earth & environmental fields can receive up to $2,000 for research (fieldwork prioritized). AGS members required. Email [email protected]

JUST IN: Judge Mehta rules that Trump/Russ Vought's termination of environmental grants during the shutdown — targeted solely at states that voted for Kamala Harris — violated the 5th Amendment's Equal Protection clause and orders them restored. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

"As a climate scientist I don't think talking about #climatechange is hysterical. I think it's entirely practical,” said @uwenvironment.bsky.social professor Abigail Swan. “We want to know what's coming & we want to prepare for it so that we can stay safe." www.knkx.org/environment/... @knkx.org

My thoughts on @westernlaw.bsky.social's strategic approach to the Trump 2.0 era. ✅ Hold the line at the federal level ✅ Move in space at the state level ✅ Build power for change How? With an ecology of kinship.

In 2025, we watched climate disasters intensify—more fires, floods, and heat—while leaders backed away from their commitments to a green and just transition. The Margin released two new issues and won three awards.

Hey friends, just sending out a reminder for tomorrow's legislative briefing! On Tuesday (Jan.6), from noon to 1pm, we'll go over our legislative agenda. Click the link to RSVP and join us online for the lunch hour! 😎😎 (Habrá interpretación en español disponible.) us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Hi friends! We're back and kicking off 2026 with a free, virtual briefing so you can join us as we launch our 2026 legislative agenda😁😁 Featured speakers will include Rep. Sharlett Mena (D-Tacoma) among others. Use the link below to save your seat for this lunch-hour presentation on Tuesday Jan. 6!

New Year's Day is a Discover Pass Free Day, with no pass needed Thursday to park at state public lands.

We've been going full-tilt in the last six weeks of 2025, publishing two policy reports, four blogs, and even a new website celebrating our tenth anniversary🥳 In case you're not on our mailing list, we wanted to kick off a ❄️Winter Reading Series📖 so we can tell you about all we've published lately!

Hey friends, we're closed for the rest of 2025! You will probably see some updates here cuz social media never sleeps 😁 but our offices are closed and we'll be back in full swing on Jan. 5. 🤗 Happy #WinterSolstice and make sure to take time to connect with loved ones and practice self-care! 🥰

Record rains continue to impact communities across Washington, with flood warnings ongoing, three tribes declaring emergencies, and thousands of residents forced to evacuate due to rising waters. www.underscore.news/land/washing...

There could be confusion as National Guard members contribute to #flooding relief efforts and some people no longer view them as friendly after deployments this year in cities like Los Angeles and Portland, said Edgar Franks of Familias Unidas por la Justicia. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

C2C: "Despite rising water & the ongoing evacuation alerts, two farms kept their workers in the fields working from before sunrise to after sunset, less than a mile from the river, some working with heavy equipment that gets easily stuck in the mud." www.foodjustice.org/blog/2025/12... #foodjustice

Dr. Danielle Endres on #nuclear decolonization: “An #Indigenous theory of social change, a counter-story to nuclear colonization, which describes how nuclearism & settler colonialism converge to disproportionately harm Indigenous peoples, lands & lifeways.” www.gorgeaspirations.org/post/nuclear...

Healthcare is a human right. It should be reliable, safe, and nurturing. Our healthcare system continues to marginalize poor and working-class communities and fails to address the deep racial disparities in access and care. Art by César Maxit: www.creativewildfire.org/poster-portf...

The person who was killed last night crossing Beacon Ave on a bike by a hit-and-run driver was named Allie. They were described as a "hard-core cyclist." The vigil/protest is expected to take over Beacon and Stevens until midnight, if SPD lets that happen.

Sadly, I'm kind of used to >1700 dead after flooding in SE Asia & it not being high-profile in UK news. But potentially 100 000 under evacuation orders in USA & it's still barely registering. We have normalised the climate crisis so quickly (BBC don't mention climate) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Familias Unidas por la Justicia, a local farmworker union, has been advocating for paid hazard leave for #farmworkers since the pandemic, said Rosalinda Guillen, founder of Community to Community Development in Bellingham. www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/dec/11/...

Climate migration is difficult to study, and even harder to predict, because a complex constellation of factors guides the decision to pick up and move. But some experts say a historic population shift has already begun, and Western Washington should start preparing now to become a “climate haven.”

“Blotting out the majesty of America’s national parks with a closeup of his own face is Trump’s crassest, most ego-driven action yet," said @biologicaldiversity.org Director Kierán Suckling. "The national parks are not a personal branding opportunity." washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/12/10/r...

I’m but a simple country theoretical physicist, and I can say, in my professional capacity, “datacenters in space” is so colossally, monumentally stupid that it is difficult to know where to start with which laws of physics the idea is spitting in the face of the most.

Catastrophic flooding in BC and WA is putting thousands at risk. We’ve always had heavy rain and floods; but as the world warms, they’re becoming more frequent and severe. And it was a UVic research team that ID'd the human fingerprint in increasing extreme precip. www.nature.com/articles/nat...

"Permitting reform deregulation proponents ignore that #NEPA was designed to safeguard the health and wellbeing of communities in which these projects are sited." @weact4ej.bsky.social #Storymap

This Friday, EESI's final briefing of 2025 will cover the status of 12 key clean energy tax credits! Panel: ⚡ @sethhanlon.bsky.social, @taxlawcenter.org ⚡ Jillian Blanchard, @lawyers4goodgov.bsky.social ⚡ Katelyn Dean, @efifoundation.org RSVP: ow.ly/8tee50XGtzS

It's that time again! PNW Water Year 2025 Survey. Fill out the survey below to share your experience with abnormally dry or wet conditions this past year.

"Who is going to clean this up at the end of its useful life?" is a question opponents love to ask wind and solar devs, which O&G driller have been skillfully avoiding for quite some time.

NEW: Last year we found the acceptable level of exposure to formaldehyde set by the EPA left people at risk for cancer. Now the Trump administration has roughly doubled it www.propublica.org/article/epa-...

“[Data centers] require massive amounts of energy and if they're not using clean energy from the start, that can threaten our ability to meet our state's climate and clean energy goals if they're relying on #fossilfuels,” said Zachariah Baker @nwenergy.bsky.social. www.kuow.org/stories/shou...

Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved. Don't look up!

Black Appalachia Coalition with a spot-on, scientifically grounded analysis of data centers which 1) destroy air quality and water 2) seize land 2) target unincorporated Black communities lacking local government 4) = environmental racism dressed in technology open.substack.com/pub/blackapp...

The complaint says internal scientific research from as early as 1960s warned oil executives that burning petroleum products would drive severe climate outcomes. Complaint seeks damages tied to increased insurance premiums they say were caused by decades of deception. mynorthwest.com/local/big-oi...

The newly elected National Congress of American Indians executive committee was sworn in during the annual conference held in Seattle, Washington from November 16-21, 2025. The executive committee will serve a two-year term from 2025-2027. ✍️: @lunabreyna.bsky.social, UNN + ICT #NCAI2025

Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.

To give you an idea about just how eventful the end of COP30 was, I wrote and rewrote this entire 2000 story for @drilledmedia.bsky.social three times over a period of about six hours as it was all happening.

#DataCenters pose a variety of climate and environmental problems, including their impact on the water supply. The volume of water needed to cool the servers in data centers has become a nationwide water resource issue particularly in areas facing water scarcity across the West.