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Climate & Energy Researcher @Sightline.org. Views my own. βš½β›·οΈπŸŒˆ

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What would you recommend to someone who is interested in implementing proportional representation in their city? Where should they start?

06.03.2026 18:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

New @sightline.org report w/ @emilymoore.bsky.social!πŸ”₯ 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-...

04.03.2026 23:38 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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11%Β 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...

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

02.03.2026 17:39 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I've been wondering when the insurance industry would go after big oil...

06.02.2026 03:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Five panelists on a stage with a projector screen above them that reads, β€œNortherst Energy: How the Pacific Northwest is powered – and where it’s falling short”

Five panelists on a stage with a projector screen above them that reads, β€œNortherst Energy: How the Pacific Northwest is powered – and where it’s falling short”

Learned from @emilymoore.bsky.social that the first high-voltage transmission line was in Portland at @opb.org’s energy event tonight! @sightline.org

30.01.2026 02:28 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It took me 5m to call 2 senators & leave a voicemail saying they should oppose any bill that would appropriate money for the extrajudicial killing of Americans

(this appropriations bill is like a week away fyi)

24.01.2026 21:32 πŸ‘ 50 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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How theΒ 2026 Washington Legislature Can Right-Size the Power Grid | Sightline Institute A transmission authority, plus three other ideas, to speed development of the transmission lines Washingtonians needed yesterday.

WA needs poles and wires in the ground, fast.

State leaders can step up by creating a transmission authority, removing redundancies in project approval processes, focusing enviro analysis, and other recs from @emilymoore.bsky.social and @ktrumbull.bsky.social

18.12.2025 16:55 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1