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  Aging Solutions Are Climate Solutions

  Adapting communities to better serve growing elderly populations also makes those places more climate-resilient. A new book charts the path to making this connection.

  Apr 18, 2024
  April 18, 2024

  Danielle Arigoni

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/danielle-arigoni/

  
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  Washingtonians Will Soon Enjoy Cleaner Heating and Cooling Options

  HB 2131, to allow thermal energy networks, unanimously passed in the 2024 legislative session. It’s a win for consumers, the climate, pipeline workers, and electric grids.

  Mar 21, 2024
  March 21, 2024

  Laura Feinstein

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  How Governor Inslee Can Rebalance Washington’s Utility Decarbonization Bill

  HB 1589 favors investors over ratepayers—and state climate goals. A section veto would go a long way to fix the bill.

  Mar 14, 2024
  March 14, 2024

  Laura Feinstein

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  180 Sites Account for a Quarter of Cascadia’s Carbon Pollution

  The region has a lot more cleaning up to do, even in its greenest corners.

  Jan 4, 2024
  January 4, 2024

  Emily Moore

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/emily-moore/

  

  Director, Climate and Energy
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  Is the Permitting Process for Transmission Lines Really Broken?

  Analyzing three common claims of malfunction, plus proposing a new, faster way forward for the Northwest.

  Nov 9, 2023
  November 9, 2023

  Emily Moore

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/emily-moore/

  

  Director, Climate and Energy
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  Who Will Pay for Cascadia’s Transmission Lines?

  The multibillion-dollar question that Senator Maria Cantwell, Governor Jay Inslee, and other Northwest leaders can help answer.

  Sep 12, 2023
  September 12, 2023

  Emily Moore

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/emily-moore/

  

  Director, Climate and Energy
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  Why Is It So Hard to Build New Transmission Lines?

  For starters, Cascadia has no plan.

  Jul 20, 2023
  July 20, 2023

  Emily Moore

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/emily-moore/

  

  Director, Climate and Energy
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  Without Gas, What Business Models Could Gas Utilities Pursue?

  Several examples exist, and Cascadian policymakers can encourage shifts while setting guardrails to protect customers.

  Jul 17, 2023
  July 17, 2023

  Laura Feinstein

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/laurafeinstein/

  

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  It’s Time for Cascadia to Start Pruning the Gas System and Electrifying Whole Neighborhoods

  Early efforts in California, Colorado, and New York offer lessons to get started.

  Jun 7, 2023
  June 7, 2023

  Emily Moore

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/emily-moore/

  

  Director, Climate and Energy
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  Washington’s Refinery Communities Just Got a Transition Boost

  A quarter-million-dollar budget proviso will fund a study to map opportunities beyond oil.

  May 31, 2023
  May 31, 2023

  Emily Moore

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/emily-moore/

  

  Director, Climate and Energy
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