Sightline - The Daily Score blog

Most recent posts from Sightline Institute's blog, the Daily Score

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Oregon's Wolves on YouTube : In early 2008, state wildlife officials confirmed the presence of a younger female wolf in northeastern Oregon near the Eagle Cap Wilderness....
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Keeping PACE with Energy Efficiencies : Someone recently said “energy efficiencies aren’t low hanging fruit, they are the fruit lying on the ground.” Then why don’t people retrofit their homes?...
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Nov 19
A Womb of One's Own : This week, the Washington Toxics Coalition released a study that should raise the ire of pregnant women like me....
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Nov 19
Oregon's Shocking Hunger Stats : By one measure of "food security," the new USDA hunger data released this week puts Oregon right in the middle of the pack....
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Nov 18
How Carbon Markets Work in Europe : In spite of what you may have heard, Europe's carbon market is working beautifully....
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Nov 18
The Tunnel Won't Be Boring : Seattle's planned deep-bore tunnel could get even more contentious soon. As state engineers flesh out their early cost estimates, a comparable tunneling project has hit another snag....
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Nov 17
Introducing the Bike Tree : A couple years ago, I mentioned that secure bike parking is important to creating affordable, green transportation. Personally, I’ve well provided....
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Nov 17
Photo of the Week? : A remarkably prescient photo from 1891: No further comment needed, I think. Hat tip to Nancy Hirsh....
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Nov 16
Look to Alaska for Energy Efficiency : Eureka! I have discovered a huge new source of clean energy in Alaska that can create green jobs too....
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Nov 16
Consumption Illustrated : Did you know that in the United States we consume 60,000 plastic bags every five seconds? 106,000 aluminum cans every thirty seconds? two million plastic beverage bottles every five minutes? Sounds l...
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Nov 12
How Carbon Markets Work In RGGI : With all the hand-wringing over the alleged risk of market manipulation in cap and trade, you'd almost forget that the United States already has a carbon cap and trade program up and running....
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Nov 11
Interviewing Worldchanging's Alex Steffen, Part 2 : Editor's Note: Alex Steffen, the editor and cofounder of Worldchanging-a global network of independent journalists, designers and thinkers--sat down with writer Emily Knudsen to discuss some of th...
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Nov 10
Interviewing Worldchanging's Alex Steffen, Part 1 : Editor's Note: Alex Steffen, the editor and cofounder of Worldchanging-a global network of independent journalists, designers and thinkers--sat down with writer Emily Knudsen to discuss some of th...
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Nov 10
Where's My Green Job? : Last Saturday, two stories about green jobs caught my eye....
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Nov 10
"Subprime Carbon": Risk or Hype? : On the announcement that the Clean Energy Jobs (CEJ) bill cleared a key Senate committee last week, Friends of the Earth complained: The bill’s backbone is a poorly regulated carbon trading scheme th...
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Nov 5
Where the Carbon Emissions Sidewalk Ends : More and more cities in our region—and in the world—are developing plans to reduce carbon emissions....
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Nov 5
Walk Score Adds Transit : Walk Score, which has become the most widely-used measure of pedestrian friendly neighborhoods in North America, has added a new trick: they're now incorporating transit data into their walkability ra...
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Nov 4
Paul Krugman Versus Matt Taibbi : I love reading Matt Taibbi. I mean, who else puts together a sentence like this?: The world's most powerful investment bank is a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly...
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Nov 4
Will Patriotism Move Americans on Climate? : An interesting piece in the Christian Science Monitor yesterday by Robert Dujarric (who heads the Institute of Contemporary Japanese Studies at Temple University) makes the case that Americans can be...
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Nov 4
Smart, Cheap Stormwater Fixes : Stormwater -- the rainwater that streams off roofs, parking lots, roads, and yards carrying with it toxic pollutants -- poses a costly, intractable problem for governments and businesses....
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Nov 3
Gaming Cap and Trade: Should We Worry? : Worries about “gaming” or market manipulation sometimes crop up as an objection to cap and trade, often with reference to recent shenanigans in the financial markets....
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Nov 3
Have Cap-and-Trade Programs Been "Gamed"? : I've got an emerging obsession: the risk of market manipulation in cap and trade programs....
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Nov 2
Oregon's Energy Policies Stimulate High Ranking : Over the last week there has been quite a bit of discussion in the media about the number of jobs created by stimulus dollars....
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Nov 2
It's the Salish Sea Now : In a step forward for bioregional thinking, Washington has agreed to add a new name to the Northwest's official geographic lexicon: the Salish Sea....
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Nov 2
Dogs Vs. SUVs : Editor's note: Clark will be on NW Cable News tomorrow morning (Nov 3) around 8:30 to talk more about this issue. You may have seen the meme circulating around the internet:  some researchers...
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Oct 30
Get Your Wolf On : Surely one of the most encouraging conservation stories in recent years has been the phenomenal revival of wild wolves in the Rockies....
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Oct 30
Think Tanks on TV : Last night, TVW aired a one hour televised no-holds-barred fight to the death friendly discussion with five think tanks in Washington State. If you haven't guessed already, Sightline was one of them....
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Oct 30
Nudges, Laundry, and Trash : Wouldn't it be nice if there were painless and unobtrusive ways to promote a shift to sustainable behavior?  Well, there are....
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Oct 29
Wanted: Smart Workers for Smart Grid : Early this week, President Obama gave a speech touting the $3.4 billion in grants the federal government has awarded to local companies, utilities and cities working to improve the country’s aging and...
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Oct 28
The Bark Beetle's Bite : Via Climate Progress, a transcript from Marketplace that is just riveting. It's about the bark beetle infestation and forest die-offs around Helena, Montana....
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Oct 28
October's Photopool Winner : Last weekend, Over 700 Seattleites joined together and formed the numbers three, five and zero atop the Fisher Pavilion at Seattle Center....
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Oct 27
Six in 10 Americans Support a Cap-and-Trade Proposal : A CNN/Opinion Research poll released today shows strong public support for cap-and-trade legislation....
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Oct 27
Gas Prices Are Noisy : Do people notice small changes in gas prices?...
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Oct 27
Last Chance for Sightline's Getaway to Seattle Sweepstakes : Time is almost up! Tomorrow is the last day to sign up for Sightline's daily or weekly emails and be entered to win two nights out in Seattle....
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Oct 27
Green Collar Jobs Start With Basic Skills : A study released over the summer found that there are some great opportunities in Washington state for green jobs in the renewable energy sector....
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Oct 27
The Hidden Cost of Coal : Over at Grist last week, Dave Roberts blogged about a recent -- and very important -- study by the National Research Council on the enormous hidden costs of energy consumption. I'm surprised that the...
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