Frustrated by national policies that create uncertainty, many businesses are plunging in to find profit-driven solutions to global warming. A recent Chamber of Commerce conference revealed a lot of progress.
A lot's been said about Proposition 1, but apparently it's not enough, as the Crosscut [/2007-election/8656/] "prediction" poll says it will fail. I hope these Crosscut readers are looking into defective crystal balls. Seattle's inability to get with the transportation program is a source of emba
If your phone is ringing today, chances are it's a campaign calling with a pre-recorded message. In the last 10 minutes I got one from Tim Burgess, candidate for the Seattle City Council, and another from Darlene Flynn, candidate for the Seattle School Board. Burgess used his own voice to speak agai
Beyond the pettiness of the campaign just ending lies the potential emergence of a whole new mood in Seattle-area politics. It would start with a muting of the cultural wars that have bedeviled Seattle politics ever since 9/11. Call it the revenge of the center.
So, just what is the carbon footprint of a climate summit? I refer, of course, to the U.S. Conference of Mayors gathering in Seattle this past week. Over 120 city leaders from around the country came here (mostly by plane) to discuss global warming. As far as I know, no one calculated how many green
