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More good news! Another one of our top legislative priorities passed the Senate yesterday! HB 1110 allows more "missing middle" affordable, climate-friendly housing in cities and neighborhoods and is a major victory for working people and the environment. #waleg
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More good news! Another one of our top legislative priorities passed the Senate yesterday! HB 1110 allows more "missing middle" affordable, climate-friendly housing in cities and neighborhoods and is a major victory for working people and the environment. #waleg
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From the Other Side of I-5: Little Saigon Weighs In On Sound Transit’s Light Rail Expansion In the CID
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Finally, if you'd like to contact and add your own name in support, you can do so here:
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In our statement we emphasize that whatever station locations are chosen, *all* levels of government must do more to protect against displacement and gentrification in the CID, and we offer specific strategies that might help in that work.
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This op-ed from members of the Move Forward on 4th campaign also lays out the case well:
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You can read more about the Move Forward on 4th campaign here, organized by members of the CID community and allies:
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Our statement endorsing Transit Equity for All's Move Forward on 4th campaign, urging all levels of government to speed up construction and avoid traffic diversion on CID streets, and take concrete steps to avoid displacement and gentrification:
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Sprawl is fossil fuel infrastructure. Like a freeway lane or a pipeline or an export facility! Let's stop mandating sprawl and its decades of human and environmental harm in our city zoning laws!
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"If you are standing in the way of policies that allow more homes in our cities, it’s time to turn in your environmentalist bona fides.
Seriously. If you’re blocking infill housing, you might as well start burning coal in your yard." -@kcgatlarge seattletimes.com/opinion/housin
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"If you are standing in the way of policies that allow more homes in our cities, it’s time to turn in your environmentalist bona fides.
Seriously. If you’re blocking infill housing, you might as well start burning coal in your yard." -
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Good news from the first auction of permits under the Climate Commitment Act -- the price came in above estimates, potentially meaning more $$ for WA to invest in carbon reduction efforts
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Exceptionally proud of the support of environmental orgs for HB 1110. 🙌 The intersectionality of land use and climate compels us to address both. 🌍 🏘️ 🚌
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We're ecstatic that HB 1110 has passed the State House! Housing policy is climate policy, and missing middle housing is crucial to tackling the climate crisis. We urge the State Senate to quickly pass the bill without any amendments to water it down. #Homes4WA
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We're ecstatic that HB 1110 has passed the State House! Housing policy is climate policy, and missing middle housing is crucial to tackling the climate crisis. We urge the State Senate to quickly pass the bill without any amendments to water it down. #Homes4WA
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The city's new #VisionZero report has needed reforms, but fails to propose an action plan to create safe streets for all. Together we can hold the city accountable to getting Vision Zero back on track.
Watch the video: youtu.be/1iQKhH84buY
Take action! Seattlegreenways.org/visionzero
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single family residential only houses about 36% of our city but produces 75% of the residential waste in tonnage.
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The report also reminds us that our urban forest is inequitably distributed. We saw during the awful heat wave in 2021 that many neighborhoods lacked the shade that tall trees provide. The city needs to tackle this, starting with the right-of-way it already owns. /end
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We've lost untold amounts of forests across Western Washington due to sprawl. When forests are cut down for subdivisions people drive to and from, it contributed greatly to the climate crisis. Urban trees and urban homes help protect the other forests that remain. 3/
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Data also shows new housing is *not* fueling tree canopy loss. Nevertheless, the city should take steps to harmonize its tree and housing policies so they work together to ensure we have healthy urban forests and more urban housing. Both are key for tackling climate crisis. 2/
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A healthy urban forest is important for our climate and our environment. New data from the city suggests we're losing trees primarily in parks and greenbelts as older non-native trees age out -- and as heat and drought stress our great evergreens. 1/
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"Many Seattle residents know this all too well — their garbage trucks read “Breathe Clean, Seattle: Powered by Renewable Natural Gas.” But data uncovered by Gas Leaks shows that it’s highly unlikely the trucks are running on anything other than conventional methane gas."
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BREAKING: Today Gas Leaks joined @SierraClubWASt @350seattle & @breachcollectiv in calling for an investigation into "renewable natural gas" ads on the side of Waste Management garbage trucks in Seattle. gasleaks.org/seattles-garba
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The biggest threat facing our trees is the climate crisis. Protecting our great evergreens means going all out to reduce carbon emissions, help people live in sustainable urban communities, and stop development in the forests.
We're ecstatic I-135 has a strong lead in initial returns -- Seattle wants social housing! Great work by to get this onto the ballot and apparently passed. We look forward to helping push to make social housing a reality.
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Have you turned in your ballot yet? You have until 8PM to get it to a dropbox. We urge a YES vote on I-135 to help bring more affordable, dense housing to Seattle. It's good for the climate. It's good for people. Get your votes in today!
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Happy Friday!
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Please enjoy this amazing 70s musical number about how great the Montreal subway is
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1 out of 7 planes leaving is headed for Portland or Vancouver. Just an insane amount of carbon emissions and air pollution.
It’s past time for better, faster train service.
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Never realized there were flights from Seattle to Portland. That’s quite the policy failure.
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Part 2 of our #EndorserRecap! Here are some of the amazing Environmentally focused organizations that support the vision of green Passivhaus-certified social housing because they know it is the key to a climate adaptive and resilient future!
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Excellent news and we stand ready to support in any way we can.
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I refuse to wait for the next Levy or the next study or the next step in the Seattle Process.
My office is working on safe streets policy this year because we need to see immediate changes made for pedestrian safety, especially in South Seattle.
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Our official rebuttal to all of the false claims made by in their endorsement piece about I-135. We've included all the research they forgot to do:
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I-135 would create a new quasi-government Seattle entity to provide housing. As it stands, I-135 has no funding and no accountability for public dollars. st.news/3kyj8Ie
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The testifies in strong support as denser housing protects farmland and forests while lowering emissions and slowing climate change by improving energy efficiency over single family homes. #WALeg
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We are sooo excited to share with you this video that has been in production for quite some time. If you’ve ever wondered how the financing for #SocialHousing works or what cross-subsidization means, this short video is for you!
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Obviously has seen this already but wanted to go through and show how each unbacked claim or blatant lie by was included 🧵1/
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The sheer quantity of meaningful land use bills being dropped in #waleg has shocked me. The needle is moving faster than I realized, we might be on the precipice of a tipping point.
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“We need to make it easier to build homes of all shapes and sizes, so that everyone in Washington has access to a decent and affordable home,” said Rep. Jessica Bateman, D-Olympia.
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I-135 will promote dense, social housing in urban core. That’s important because it helps protect farmland and forests from development across our state, and helps people across the income spectrum afford to live a low-carbon lifestyle in our great city.
Please vote YES by 2/14!
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We're endorsing a YES vote on Initiative 135 on Seattle's Feb. 14 ballot! Housing policy is climate policy, and building publicly owned and operated social housing in our city is a crucial part of the wider solution to the housing and climate crisis. cc:
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chair, Robert Cruickshank said that social housing will "help people across the income spectrum afford to live a low-carbon lifestyle in our great city"
Thank you Sierra Club Seattle!
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We're thrilled to have the endorsement of a leader in the movement for a safer, cleaner, + adaptable environment! Housing policy=climate policy& building green social housing 4 all promotes climate justice for low-middle income residents who face the worst impacts of the crisis
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We're endorsing a YES vote on Initiative 135 on Seattle's Feb. 14 ballot! Housing policy is climate policy, and building publicly owned and operated social housing in our city is a crucial part of the wider solution to the housing and climate crisis. cc: @houseRneighbors
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