Front and Centered
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We are a statewide coalition of frontline communities—that means communities of color, Indigenous peoples, immigrants and refugees, and anyone else on the frontlines of climate change and environmental harm. We center equity for a #JustTransition.
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Recognizing False Solutions: When is Energy Truly Clean? - Front and Centered
What is clean energy? It's not enough for energy to be renewable and carbon-free. Clean energy must also do no harm to frontline communities.
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It's finally here—installment number two of our #WinterReading series! 🤩 Get oriented on what truly #CleanEnergy means from a frontline perspective and learn about some of the latest #FalseSolutions to climate change floating about in clean energy policy spaces: frontandcentered.org/recognizing-...
It's finally here—installment number two of our #WinterReading series! 🤩 Get oriented on what truly #CleanEnergy means from a frontline perspective and learn about some of the latest #FalseSolutions to climate change floating about in clean energy policy spaces: frontandcentered.org/recognizing-...
Recognizing False Solutions: When is Energy Truly Clean? - Front and Centered
What is clean energy? It's not enough for energy to be renewable and carbon-free. Clean energy must also do no harm to frontline communities.
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January 28, 2026 at 8:33 PM
It's finally here—installment number two of our #WinterReading series! 🤩 Get oriented on what truly #CleanEnergy means from a frontline perspective and learn about some of the latest #FalseSolutions to climate change floating about in clean energy policy spaces: frontandcentered.org/recognizing-...
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New study finds that emphasizing collective efficacy (people's ability to catalyze large-scale change) is very effective in catalyzing behavioural change.
As you can see from my pinned post, I'm a big fan of simple messages that can mobilize public support for climate action!
As you can see from my pinned post, I'm a big fan of simple messages that can mobilize public support for climate action!
A megastudy of behavioral interventions to catalyze public, political, and financial climate advocacy
Abstract. Addressing climate change depends on large-scale system changes, which require public advocacy. Here, we identified and tested 17 expert-crowdsou
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January 27, 2026 at 8:30 PM
New study finds that emphasizing collective efficacy (people's ability to catalyze large-scale change) is very effective in catalyzing behavioural change.
As you can see from my pinned post, I'm a big fan of simple messages that can mobilize public support for climate action!
As you can see from my pinned post, I'm a big fan of simple messages that can mobilize public support for climate action!
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The Seattle area produced the most affordable housing in the nation, with more than 24,000 new income-restricted apartments over the last decade. New revenue streams helped the region get there, but more affordable housing is still needed.
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2026/01/28/s...
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2026/01/28/s...
Seattle Leads Nation in Affordable Apartment Production » The Urbanist
# Over the last decade, the Seattle metro area produced the most affordable housing in the nation, with more than 24,000 new income-restricted apartments. New revenue streams helped the region get the...
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January 28, 2026 at 6:46 PM
The Seattle area produced the most affordable housing in the nation, with more than 24,000 new income-restricted apartments over the last decade. New revenue streams helped the region get there, but more affordable housing is still needed.
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2026/01/28/s...
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2026/01/28/s...
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Abundance: Of, by, & for the corporate and centrist pundit classes. This is why they say "don't talk about climate" & to "practice billionaire positivity."
This is why their "solutions" all involve weakening bedrock federal environmental protections via euphemisms such as "permitting reform."
This is why their "solutions" all involve weakening bedrock federal environmental protections via euphemisms such as "permitting reform."
Trump's DOE fake "climate advisory" group were being organized, and their work being edited, by Travis Fisher, the lead lobbyist against climate policy and clean energy development at the Cato Institute — who, with chefs-kiss perfection, now works, I see, at The Abundance Institute. 😂
January 28, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Abundance: Of, by, & for the corporate and centrist pundit classes. This is why they say "don't talk about climate" & to "practice billionaire positivity."
This is why their "solutions" all involve weakening bedrock federal environmental protections via euphemisms such as "permitting reform."
This is why their "solutions" all involve weakening bedrock federal environmental protections via euphemisms such as "permitting reform."
The time is now said state Sen. Sharon Shewmake. #DataCenters are popping up across the country. They’re drawing vast quantities of energy & water and driving up costs for neighboring ratepayers. And their thirst for electricity will only continue to rise. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news... #WAleg
WA lawmakers look to make data centers pay for energy cost hikes
A set of bills making their way through the statehouse propose a sweeping set of regulations to raise rates for data centers.
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January 27, 2026 at 8:31 PM
The time is now said state Sen. Sharon Shewmake. #DataCenters are popping up across the country. They’re drawing vast quantities of energy & water and driving up costs for neighboring ratepayers. And their thirst for electricity will only continue to rise. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news... #WAleg
At Senate testimony #farmworkers described working conditions in terms familiar to most of us: Trump’s tariffs & inflation are driving up prices, they’re making even less than they made years ago & they’re under pressure to work faster & longer despite all of it. www.thestranger.com/news/2026/01...
State Bills Bring Farmworkers to the Table
Two bills in Olympia could create a collective bargaining structure for the hundreds of thousands of farmworkers in Washington to band together to negotiate for fair wages, workplace protections, and ...
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January 27, 2026 at 8:20 PM
At Senate testimony #farmworkers described working conditions in terms familiar to most of us: Trump’s tariffs & inflation are driving up prices, they’re making even less than they made years ago & they’re under pressure to work faster & longer despite all of it. www.thestranger.com/news/2026/01...
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Exciting news in a world full of very not exciting news: The Vera Project is opening a new all-ages venue in Georgetown in early 2027! @davesegal.bsky.social has the story for @thestranger.com here:
The Vera Project Announces New All-Ages Venue
The new 300-capacity venue is set to open in Georgetown in early 2027.
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January 27, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Exciting news in a world full of very not exciting news: The Vera Project is opening a new all-ages venue in Georgetown in early 2027! @davesegal.bsky.social has the story for @thestranger.com here:
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Hey @gluesenkampperez.house.gov feeling good about your vote to fund ICE? I hope you can't sleep at night.
ICE detain yet another minor child—chase him down his own street and tackle him to pavement.
"I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish.
Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature.
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"I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish.
Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature.
Minneapolis, MN
January 24, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Hey @gluesenkampperez.house.gov feeling good about your vote to fund ICE? I hope you can't sleep at night.
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"Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is suing some of the world’s largest oil companies, accusing them of colluding for decades to keep renewable energy and electric vehicles on the margins."
There's a thought!
There's a thought!
Michigan AG Dana Nessel sues big oil over ‘cartel’-like plot to kill clean energy
In a lawsuit expected to be filed today, Nessel alleges some of the world’s largest oil companies colluded to suppress the development of EVs and clean energy to keep Americans reliant on fossil fuels...
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January 23, 2026 at 8:08 PM
"Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is suing some of the world’s largest oil companies, accusing them of colluding for decades to keep renewable energy and electric vehicles on the margins."
There's a thought!
There's a thought!
At WA Supreme Court: Environmental advocates have criticized the initiative as being too broad and illegally weakening laws around building codes, clean air regulations and laws passed to help the state’s largest utility plan to decarbonize. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news... @climatesolutions.org
WA Supreme Court hears arguments on natural gas ban initiative
The hearing marks one of the last steps before the initiative becomes settled law or is ruled unconstitutional.
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January 23, 2026 at 8:34 PM
At WA Supreme Court: Environmental advocates have criticized the initiative as being too broad and illegally weakening laws around building codes, clean air regulations and laws passed to help the state’s largest utility plan to decarbonize. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news... @climatesolutions.org
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Washington’s Initiative I-2066 was a cynical attempt by industry to undermine energy affordability and air quality protection—and was ruled unconstitutional by a Superior Court judge last March. This morning, the WA Supreme Court is hearing arguments to put this thing to rest once and for all.
January 22, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Washington’s Initiative I-2066 was a cynical attempt by industry to undermine energy affordability and air quality protection—and was ruled unconstitutional by a Superior Court judge last March. This morning, the WA Supreme Court is hearing arguments to put this thing to rest once and for all.
Guillermo Rogel Jr says Gov. Ferguson's plan will harm health & safety of low income people & communities of color in WA. He said that Democrats promised Climate Commitment Act "funds would go to mitigate the causes of climate change, help us reduce pollution, and help us wean off of fossil fuels."
"Shifting these fees on polluters – which were higher than projected – threatens home weatherization assistance, clean energy projects, and other programs that help communities become more resilient in the face of climate change."
I wrote about Washington governor Ferguson's plan to raid a carbon tax fund to balance the budget -- and why environmental equity organizations say this will hurt low income families and people of color: www.cascadia-journal.com/will-ferguso...
January 20, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Guillermo Rogel Jr says Gov. Ferguson's plan will harm health & safety of low income people & communities of color in WA. He said that Democrats promised Climate Commitment Act "funds would go to mitigate the causes of climate change, help us reduce pollution, and help us wean off of fossil fuels."
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Rashid Shaheed got things started right away with an opening kickoff return touchdown, the 12s rocked the house, and the Seahawks never looked back!
SEAHAWKS WIN 41-6 and move onto the NFC Championship Game!
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SEAHAWKS WIN 41-6 and move onto the NFC Championship Game!
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January 18, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Rashid Shaheed got things started right away with an opening kickoff return touchdown, the 12s rocked the house, and the Seahawks never looked back!
SEAHAWKS WIN 41-6 and move onto the NFC Championship Game!
@seahawks @nfl
SEAHAWKS WIN 41-6 and move onto the NFC Championship Game!
@seahawks @nfl
Recently, New Jersey became 1st state to require mandatory denial of permits in areas overburdened by cumulative impacts, which are assessed with its #EnvironmentalJustice Tool. This new study could help make such tools and approaches more accessible for more states. news.umich.edu/vulnerable-p...
Vulnerable populations shoulder larger number, higher intensity of environmental burdens
Vulnerable communities in the United States often face the highest risks from individual environmental burdens, such as exposure to toxic air pollutants. But new research shows that these communities ...
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January 19, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Recently, New Jersey became 1st state to require mandatory denial of permits in areas overburdened by cumulative impacts, which are assessed with its #EnvironmentalJustice Tool. This new study could help make such tools and approaches more accessible for more states. news.umich.edu/vulnerable-p...
Today, we celebrate the work of Dr. #MartinLutherKingJr and Black leaders past and present who created and continue to create lasting change and a legacy of equity, hope, and love. Especially on #MLKDay, we are reminded that "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." 🧡❤️💚💛
January 19, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Today, we celebrate the work of Dr. #MartinLutherKingJr and Black leaders past and present who created and continue to create lasting change and a legacy of equity, hope, and love. Especially on #MLKDay, we are reminded that "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." 🧡❤️💚💛
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New research builds on our understanding of the effects of #wildfires in wet temperate forests like the ones we have here in western WA and OR:
https://bit.ly/4qPWd8f
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https://bit.ly/4qPWd8f
@wadnr.bsky.social @uwnews.uw.edu
January 14, 2026 at 4:47 PM
New research builds on our understanding of the effects of #wildfires in wet temperate forests like the ones we have here in western WA and OR:
https://bit.ly/4qPWd8f
@wadnr.bsky.social @uwnews.uw.edu
https://bit.ly/4qPWd8f
@wadnr.bsky.social @uwnews.uw.edu
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Curious about how the fans are going to shake the stadium at the Seahawks vs 49ers game this Saturday? Check out our blog on pnsn.org on how the seismometers PNSN installed in Lumen Field will monitor & report data live during the game! pnsn.org/blog/2026-se...
January 14, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Curious about how the fans are going to shake the stadium at the Seahawks vs 49ers game this Saturday? Check out our blog on pnsn.org on how the seismometers PNSN installed in Lumen Field will monitor & report data live during the game! pnsn.org/blog/2026-se...
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We mourn the deaths of people killed by ICE, including Renee Nicole Good. These are not isolated tragedies, but part of a larger pattern of unchecked abuse and violence, provocation from an administration intent on ripping us apart.
Leaders are calling it out. We must demand accountability.
Leaders are calling it out. We must demand accountability.
January 15, 2026 at 9:46 PM
We mourn the deaths of people killed by ICE, including Renee Nicole Good. These are not isolated tragedies, but part of a larger pattern of unchecked abuse and violence, provocation from an administration intent on ripping us apart.
Leaders are calling it out. We must demand accountability.
Leaders are calling it out. We must demand accountability.
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Fiji-based storyteller and activist Fenton Lutunatabua brings hope to the climate movement ...
There is #hope, because we have the solutions 🛠️⚖️🔍 to take #ClimateAction.
Find out more: www.facebook.com/imagine5of...
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Fiji-based storyteller and activist Fenton Lutunatabua brings hope to the climate movement ...
There is #hope, because we have the solutions 🛠️⚖️🔍 to take #ClimateAction.
Find out more: www.facebook.com/imagine5of...
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Fiji-based storyteller and activist Fenton Lutunatabua brings hope to the climate movement by expressing that we are truly never too late to stand up for climate justice.
Fenton is the co-founder of Pacific Climate Warriors. Since it was founded ov
Fiji-based storyteller and activist Fenton Lutunatabua brings hope to the climate movement by expressing that we are truly never too late to stand up for climate justice.
Fenton is the co-founder...
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January 15, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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Fiji-based storyteller and activist Fenton Lutunatabua brings hope to the climate movement ...
There is #hope, because we have the solutions 🛠️⚖️🔍 to take #ClimateAction.
Find out more: www.facebook.com/imagine5of...
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Fiji-based storyteller and activist Fenton Lutunatabua brings hope to the climate movement ...
There is #hope, because we have the solutions 🛠️⚖️🔍 to take #ClimateAction.
Find out more: www.facebook.com/imagine5of...
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This project should be the standard for utility upgrade projects. When we tear up the street for sub-surface upgrades, we should rebuild the road with surface upgrades (bus and/or bike lanes).
MAJOR MILESTONE for the RapidRide J Line: we've installed 9,000+ feet of new watermains in Eastlake. Now we'll build streets serving you with frequent, reliable transit when the J Line launches in 2027: https://sdotblog.seattle.gov/2026/01/12/rapidride-j-line-project-milestone-water-main-work/
January 13, 2026 at 12:07 AM
This project should be the standard for utility upgrade projects. When we tear up the street for sub-surface upgrades, we should rebuild the road with surface upgrades (bus and/or bike lanes).
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Trump gave our away our health care funding as tax cuts to his billionaire backers. It's time for us to take it back.
Join us at the @balanceourtaxcode.bsky.social lobby day to pressure #WALeg to fund our essential services with progressive revenue solutions: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Join us at the @balanceourtaxcode.bsky.social lobby day to pressure #WALeg to fund our essential services with progressive revenue solutions: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
January 14, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Trump gave our away our health care funding as tax cuts to his billionaire backers. It's time for us to take it back.
Join us at the @balanceourtaxcode.bsky.social lobby day to pressure #WALeg to fund our essential services with progressive revenue solutions: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Join us at the @balanceourtaxcode.bsky.social lobby day to pressure #WALeg to fund our essential services with progressive revenue solutions: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Despite widespread opposition, Puget Sound Clean Air Agency finalized a permit modification allowing Ash Grove to burn MORE toxic tires.🔥We joined Duwamish River Community Coalition to appeal & protect health of our community members & environment. earthjustice.org/press/2026/g... @earthjustice.org
January 13, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Despite widespread opposition, Puget Sound Clean Air Agency finalized a permit modification allowing Ash Grove to burn MORE toxic tires.🔥We joined Duwamish River Community Coalition to appeal & protect health of our community members & environment. earthjustice.org/press/2026/g... @earthjustice.org
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"If there was ever a time for state lawmakers to be bold about supporting our communities, it’s now.” Our director, @elitaylorgoss.bsky.social, & Rian Watt from @eoionline.bsky.social wrote about the need for #WaLeg to pass progressive tax solutions this session! budgetandpolicy.org/schmudget/an...
An opportunity economy requires bold choices from state lawmakers - Budget and Policy Center
Even before the second Trump administration took office last year at this time, people in Seattle and across Washington were struggling to afford their basic needs. Food, housing, and health care cos...
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January 9, 2026 at 10:06 PM
"If there was ever a time for state lawmakers to be bold about supporting our communities, it’s now.” Our director, @elitaylorgoss.bsky.social, & Rian Watt from @eoionline.bsky.social wrote about the need for #WaLeg to pass progressive tax solutions this session! budgetandpolicy.org/schmudget/an...
On 1st day of legislative session see our statement + take action! 👉 We don't support Gov. Ferguson’s proposal to shift funding source for #WorkingFamiliesTaxCredit entirely to the #ClimateCommitmentAct. We support WFTC which must be funded thru general fund. frontandcentered.org/front-and-ce...
January 12, 2026 at 10:24 PM
On 1st day of legislative session see our statement + take action! 👉 We don't support Gov. Ferguson’s proposal to shift funding source for #WorkingFamiliesTaxCredit entirely to the #ClimateCommitmentAct. We support WFTC which must be funded thru general fund. frontandcentered.org/front-and-ce...
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Great news for environmental justice! New Jersey’s Appellate Court affirmed the state could move forward to implement landmark Environmental Justice Law, keeping in place the legal requirement for additional environmental review for projects in overburdened communities.
Environmentalists applaud court ruling upholding disputed regulations • New Jersey Monitor
The court's ruling upholds regulations implementing a landmark New Jersey environmental law that can bar construction based on pollution.
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January 9, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Great news for environmental justice! New Jersey’s Appellate Court affirmed the state could move forward to implement landmark Environmental Justice Law, keeping in place the legal requirement for additional environmental review for projects in overburdened communities.