Giant LNG Project Fails in BC
What the Petronas collapse means for Northwest gas export schemes. | In late July, Malaysian oil giant Petronas shelved its plans to build a large liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility at Lelu...
View ArticleIn Hurricane Harvey’s Path, How to Talk about Climate and Weather
Basic talking points for connecting strange, severe weather to global warming. | If you’re like us, you’ve been following the unfolding catastrophe in Houston, Texas, and along the Gulf Coast and...
View ArticleHurricane Harvey Highlights Fossil Fuel and Petrochemical Loopholes
Lessons for the Northwest’s disaster preparedness. | When Hurricane Harvey slammed into coastal Texas, it demonstrated why we plan for worst case scenarios. It turned 33 of the state’s counties into...
View ArticleIs Your “Natural” Gas Actually Fracked?
What we know about the Cascadian gas supply. | “How much of my gas is fracked?” That’s a question we get a lot at Sightline. The answer is complicated: both fracked and unfracked gases are injected...
View ArticleThe Thin Green Line Goes to the Polls
How Washington communities voted on fossil fuels in 2017. | The Northwest has seen an onslaught of large-scale fossil fuel development schemes. From coal export terminals to refinery expansions to...
View ArticleThe Thin Green Line: 2017 in Review
Cascadia’s environmental movement in the first year of Trump’s administration. | 1. Don’t call it a comeback Despite President Trump’s promise to revive the coal industry, the US coal market is still...
View ArticleSightline Testifies at Hearing for Tacoma LNG Protesters
Activists chained themselves to a crane at contested construction site. | Editor’s note: Watch the testimony provided by researcher Tarika Powell last month in the February 20 pre-trial hearing at the...
View ArticleTrump Administration Pushes Jordan Cove Energy Project
A twice-failed fracked gas project has a new owner, and the same problems. | It’s a project that refuses to die, despite efforts to keep it from moving forward. In 2016, the US Federal Energy...
View ArticleBC’s Carbon Pollution Could Double with LNG Plants
‘Clean energy’ messaging ignores scale of proposals. | British Columbia is of two minds. The province has pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas pollution by 80 percent by 2050, but simultaneously it...
View ArticleGiant LNG Project Fails in BC
What the Petronas collapse means for Northwest gas export schemes. | In late July, Malaysian oil giant Petronas shelved its plans to build a large liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility at Lelu...
View ArticleIn Hurricane Harvey’s Path, How to Talk about Climate and Weather
Basic talking points for connecting strange, severe weather to global warming. | Editor’s note December 2017: Are you following the unfolding and devastating wildfires in California and wondering how...
View ArticleHurricane Harvey Highlights Fossil Fuel and Petrochemical Loopholes
Lessons for the Northwest’s disaster preparedness. | When Hurricane Harvey slammed into coastal Texas, it demonstrated why we plan for worst case scenarios. It turned 33 of the state’s counties into...
View ArticleIs Your “Natural” Gas Actually Fracked?
What we know about the Cascadian gas supply. | “How much of my gas is fracked?” That’s a question we get a lot at Sightline. The answer is complicated: both fracked and unfracked gases are injected...
View ArticleThe Thin Green Line Goes to the Polls
How Washington communities voted on fossil fuels in 2017. | The Northwest has seen an onslaught of large-scale fossil fuel development schemes. From coal export terminals to refinery expansions to...
View ArticleThe Thin Green Line: 2017 in Review
Cascadia’s environmental movement in the first year of Trump’s administration. | 1. Don’t call it a comeback Despite President Trump’s promise to revive the coal industry, the US coal market is still...
View ArticleSightline Testifies at Hearing for Tacoma LNG Protesters
Activists chained themselves to a crane at contested construction site. | Editor’s note: Watch the testimony provided by researcher Tarika Powell last month in the February 20 pre-trial hearing at the...
View ArticleTrump Administration Pushes Jordan Cove Energy Project
A twice-failed fracked gas project has a new owner, and the same problems. | It’s a project that refuses to die, despite efforts to keep it from moving forward. In 2016, the US Federal Energy...
View ArticleHurricane Harvey 1 Year Later: How to Talk about Climate Change and Weather
Pacific hurricane season is ramping up; It's never too early to start discussing climate change and severe weather | Editor’s note: This Flashcard was originally posted Aug. 31, 2017, at the height of...
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