New Economy Washington: A Path Forward
We can and must work better together in support of a shared vision of an equitable and regenerative future that meets the needs of all communities...
Posted 11/06/2019
Analysis: How did the 2019 legislative session fare on climate justice?
Front and Centered envisions a more just future that is not only cleaner and safer, but where our communities and the earth are healed and...
Posted 05/17/2019
Advancing climate justice in the House after ‘100 Percent’ Senate victory
Legislators in the House should protect the provisions of SB 5116 that advance climate justice — including the requirement that all electric...
Posted 03/07/2019
Policy Applications of the Washington Environmental Health Disparities Map
The Environmental Health Disparities Map enhances the ability of governmental agencies and policy makers to more systematically factor cumulative...
Posted 01/09/2019
New ‘Washington Environmental Health Disparities Map’ Elevates Frontline Community Priorities
For the first time, people in Washington state will be able to compare how their neighborhoods rank for environmental health risks with the help...
Posted 01/08/2019
Assessing Equity in State Solar Strategies
The State lacks a space to design and report on the distributional effects of the clean energy transition, and specifically the state’s own...
Posted 09/25/2018
An Unfair Share: Climate Change Hits Some Harder Than Others
Everyone in Washington state will be affected by climate change. But one’s race, income, and language, influence how much risk Washington state...
Posted 08/16/2018
Mobilizing Highly Impacted Communities Near Toxic Sites
In late 2017 Front and Centered was awarded a Public Participation Grant (PPG) by the Washington State Department of Ecology for our Mapping to...
Posted 08/14/2018
What counts when we count carbon pollution? Lessons from Oregon
There are important lessons to be learned in the new report about who is contributing, how much, and where to target solutions.
Posted 07/24/2018
Putting Environmental Justice on the Map
In February, fifty experts from around the state convened for the Washington State Environmental Justice Mapping Symposium, a day-long working...
Posted 05/11/2018
Solar Plus Releases Strategies for 2018
Solar Plus has release our strategies for deployment in Washington State and Oregon.
Posted 12/27/2017
Solar Plus Project Takes Shape
Maximize the technical, economic, and social benefits of solar.
Posted 06/19/2017
Mapping Environmental Justice in Washington State
Front and Centered advocates for targeting clean energy and carbon reduction investments to frontline communities hit first and worst by pollution...
Posted 04/25/2017
Front and Centered Leaders Speak on Clean Air Rule (video)
Front and Centered Leaders Speak at Clean Air Rule Hearing July 14, 2016
Posted 07/15/2016
Front and Centered awarded 2016 Sustainable Seattle Leadership Award
Front and Centered was nominated for an award from Sustainable Seattle in the category of Government, Non-Profit and Community Organizations –...
Posted 03/28/2016
OneAmerica says I-732 the wrong direction for Washington State
OneAmerica opposes I-732 for the following reasons…
Posted 02/09/2016
Activists in WA and nationwide descend on EPA, Tues. Jan. 19
Environmental justice leaders from frontline communities hardest-hit by climate change and pollution will converge on Environmental Protection...
Posted 01/18/2016
A People’s Climate Movement: Jill Mangaliman and Rosalinda Guillen
This is cross-posted in The Leap, the blog of Naomi Klein’s This Changes Everything and Rethinking Prosperity at the Center for...
Posted 11/12/2015