The City of Seattle just released the comprehensive Municipal Buildings Decarbonization Plan. The plan charts a course to eliminate climate pollution from fossil fuels in 176 city-owned buildings by 2042, reducing carbon emissions by 87% and energy use by 48%. The plan identifies a strategic, cost-effective approach that focuses on… [ Keep reading ]
The Office of Sustainability and Environment (OSE) is celebrating seven years of funding community climate projects through Seattle’s Environmental Justice (EJ) Fund! Today, we gathered with more than 100 EJ Fund awardees and partners and Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell to release the program’s 5-Year Impact Report. The Impact Report… [ Keep reading ]
Note: Survey has closed. Continue reading for information on how Seattle will develop its new Climate Action Plan. The City of Seattle is developing a new Climate Action Plan, and your voice is central to shaping the new plan! Climate change and its impacts have significantly worsened since the City’s… [ Keep reading ]
On Earth Day at Mini Mart City Park in Georgetown joined by nearly 75 community, governmental, and business partners, Mayor Bruce Harrell issued an Executive Order directing City departments to respond to Seattle’s current and future climate challenges with a focus on building resilience, growing a green economy, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG)… [ Keep reading ]
City of Seattle’s Office of Sustainability & Environment (OSE) is now accepting applications for the 2025 Building Decarbonization Grants through July 10! OSE may award up to $4 million to owners of buildings such as nonprofits, affordable and senior housing, and others to reduce climate pollution through building upgrades or engineering… [ Keep reading ]
Note: This application is now closed. Seattle’s Green New Deal Oversight Board is now accepting applications! The application will be open through April 6. The Oversight Board is looking for passionate individuals to help provide proposals for policies and programs to the Mayor, City Council, and City departments that… [ Keep reading ]
Over the last decade, more Seattle households have been ditching gas and oil furnaces to install electric heat pumps — which, despite their name, also provide air conditioning, filter polluted air, and have become more affordable with government cost-saving rebates and tax breaks. Seattle households transitioning off oil heat can… [ Keep reading ]
In December 2022, Mayor Bruce Harrell signed the One Seattle Transportation and Climate Justice Executive Order. The Executive Order directs City departments to work together as One Seattle to prioritize and expand actions that build resilience in communities that are hardest hit by the climate crisis, expand workforce opportunities, make… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle’s Office of Sustainability and Environment (OSE) is celebrating another year of progress toward a more equitable and sustainable City. We’re excited to look back on 2024, from receiving more than $30 million in grants, to releasing the first Food Action Plan update in more than a decade. Lowering emissions… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle residents’ daily lives are more disrupted each year as climate change worsens. Storms and debris have closed schools, floods have damaged and risked homes, global events have interrupted supply and food chains, and pollution and extreme heat continue to harm our health. In the last couple of months, Seattle’s… [ Keep reading ]
