Past Media Coverage — Prior to 2023
2022
- Naomi Ishisaka, Leaf blowers: Gas vs. electric shouldn’t pit people vs. people, Seattle Times, August 29, 2022
- Alexandra Yoon-Hendricks, Why some Seattle neighborhoods are hit harder by heat waves, Seattle Times, August 25, 2022
- Brandon Block, Bisected by highways, a Spokane neighborhood shapes what’s left, Crosscut, August 8, 2022
- Nicholas Turner, 41 large polluters to get free passes in WA carbon trading market, Seattle Times, August 3, 2022
- Guy Oron, New cap-and-trade policy may do very little to solve climate crisis, Real Change News, June 29, 2022
- John Ryan, Washington carbon exchange lets many big polluters off the hook, KUOW, June 28, 2022
- Guy Oron, Mixed results for progressives in 2022 legislative session, Real Change News, March 30, 2022
- Ryan Packer, Welcome to the Move Ahead Washington Era, The Urbanist, March 13, 2022
- Editorial Board, Legislature Must Cut Highway Expansion and Protect Transit, Safety, and Maintenance Investments, The Urbanist, March 4, 2022
- David Kromen, Seattle residents drive movement to tear out Highway 99 in South Park, The Seattle Times, February 19, 2022
2021
- Jack Russillo, HEAL Act, “The Cornerstone of Any Environmental Policy,” Makes Its Way Through Legislature, South Seattle Emerald, January 18, 2021
- Matt Baume, A Five-Year Effort to Write Environmental Justice into Washington Law Is Nearly Complete—If It Doesn’t Fall Apart Again, The Stranger, January 14, 2021
- Bellamy Pailthorp, Push for climate reparations, environmental justice continues this session with HEAL Act, KNKX, January 11, 2021
- Robert Mittendorf, Here’s how Whatcom Democrats want to address Washington racial, environmental disparities, Bellingham Herald, January 11, 2021
2020
- Eric Tegethoff, Task Force: Ways for WA to Prioritize Environmental Justice, Public News Service, December 14, 2020
- Aaron Kunkler, What will a green WA electric grid look like?, Bellevue Reporter, December 10, 2020
2019
- Interactive map shows environmental health disparities across Washington, (KXLY-Spokane, January 2019)
- How polluted is your neighborhood? This new tool will tell you (Crosscut, January 2019)
- New Washington map shows why environmental health is a justice issue; see the risks in your area (The Seattle Times, January 2018)
- Ever wonder if your neighborhood is making you sick? (KUOW, January 2019)
- Map shows hotspots of environmental health hazards for Washington neighborhoods (Northwest Public Radio – Yakima, January 2019)
2018
- Update: Washington votes no on a carbon tax again (Vox, November 2018)
- Video: Final Campaign Push (KIRO 7, November 2018)
- Yakima business owners say they didn’t agree to appear in a political ad (KIMA-TV/KOMO, November 2018)
- Latino business owners confused by inclusion in ad against carbon fee (Yakima Herald, November 2018)
- Op-ed: A Vote for 1631 is a Vote for Justice — and We Can Win! (The Tacoma Citizen, November 2018)
- Big-Oil Funded Campaign Misleads Latino Voters on Washington State Carbon Tax (EcoWatch, November 2018)
- Procurador pide investigación de campaña contra impuesto a carbono (Univision Seattle, October 2018)
- Fliers citing Latino businesses’ opposition to carbon fee ignites campaign controversy (The Seattle Times, October 2018)
- Big Oil Is Exploiting Latinos in Washington State With Misleading Advertising (The Stranger, October 2018)
- Commentary: Vote Yes on I-1631 for a Better Planet and Healthier CID (Northwest Asian Weekly, October 2018)
- Guest Opinion: I-1631 starts to right historic environmental injustices (The Seattle Globalist via Filipino-American Herald, October 2018)
- Climate change initiative’s surprising showdown pits tech leaders against oil and gas industry (GeekWire, October 2018)
- Op-Ed: Big Oil vs. clean energy and healthier communities (The Seattle Times, September 2018)
- Tacoma teen supports I-1631 because he grew up in an era of racism and climate injustice (South Seattle Emerald, September 2018)
- Report Reveals Inequities of Climate Change in Washington (Seattle Weekly, September 2018)
- We’re all breathing smoke, but climate change hits some people harder than others (Tacoma News Tribune, August 2018)
- Environmental justice at center of carbon fee initiative (The Seattle Globalist, August 2018)
- Land of the Fee? (Grist, June 2018)
- This Washington State Ballot Measure Fights for Both Jobs and Climate Justice (The Nation, July 2018)
- Initiative Seeks Environmental Justice, Through Racial Justice (South Seattle Emerald, May 2018)
- Yes on Initiative 1631 (Whatcom Watch, April 2018)
- Activists begin collecting signatures for November carbon fee initiative (Sound News, April 2018)
- Washington state groups push carbon-pricing ballot measure (Associated Press, March 2018)
- Yes on I-1631 (Cascadia Weekly, April 2018)
- 2018 could see wave of West Coast climate pollution pricing (Reuters, January 2018)
- Some businesses backing Washington carbon tax measure (AP, January 2018)
Before 2018
- The Air We Breathe (Fuse Washington – Nov. 30, 2017)
- Will Washington State Pass the Nation’s First Carbon Tax? (Mother Jones – Nov. 16, 2017)
- Why The Left Doesn’t Want A Carbon Tax (Or at Least Not This One)
- PSCAA collects community input on Volkswagen settlement funds
- How California’s Greenhouse Gas Laws Can Better Serve Disadvantaged Communities
- On Earth Day, check your privilege
- Washington can do better on climate than I-732
- States need environmental agendas based on social justice
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- Got Green, Puget Sound Sage climate change report puts focus on South Seattle community
- Gentrification and Climate Change Are Totally Related, Says Report
- New Report: In Seattle, Who Will Climate Change Impact First?
- What Will It Take for Washington State to Put a Price on Carbon?
- A Steep Road to Victory for Carbon Tax Initiative (Seattle Weekly)
- I-732 kowtows polluters, disrespects communities of color (Seattle Globalist)
- Matt Driscoll: Unlocking carbon gridlock in Washington a matter of inclusion, not exclusion (Tacoma News Tribune)
- Race, Politics, and Washington’s Climate-Change Schism
- Why Was Race a Central Theme At Wednesday’s Climate March?
- Seattle, used to protests, will witness a different kind of climate march on Wednesday
- The Heat is On
- Unions and Climate Justice Groups Team Up to Put a Climate Initiative on the Ballot Next Year
- Second group plans state initiative on climate change
- Machinists Council votes to oppose I-732; cites impacts on communities of color
- Group seeks to broaden climate change conversation at Monday forum
- {:en}The “New Normal” in Washington State{:}
- Low pay and long, pricey commute often go hand in hand
- Washington state wildfires pose added threat for tribes
- Expanding climate-change issue to diverse communities
- Climate change concerns voiced in Sunnyside
- Climate change hits communities of color harder (Op-Ed)
- {:en}Diverse Groups Celebrate Summer of Our Power{:}
- Washington needs a more equitable climate policy than I-732 (Op-Ed)
- Communities of color say Carbon Washington’s Initiative 732 confuses equity with treating everyone the same (Op-Ed)
- Like the Pope says, climate change in Seattle will impact the poor most
- Carbon initiative not a good deal for poor (Op-Ed)
