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Seattle awards $250,000 for environmental justice projects

The Environmental Justice Fund will support seven projects in 2020 Contact: Ximena Fonseca-Morales, Seattle Office of Sustainability & Environment, 206.386.1130 The Seattle Office of Sustainability & Environment, through the Environmental Justice Fund, awarded $250,000 to seven community-based projects to improve environmental conditions and respond to impacts of climate change. Funding… [ Keep reading ]

Seattle’s Benchmarked Buildings Reduce Emissions Nearly 5%

NEWS RELEASE FROM THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact:              Sara Wysocki, Office of Sustainability & Environment, sara.wysocki@seattle.gov   Seattle’s Benchmarked Buildings Reduce Emissions Nearly 5% City’s largest buildings are using less energy and reducing climate pollution   SEATTLE (Sept. 26,… [ Keep reading ]

Seattle’s equity and environment agenda aims to flip the script for social justice

Reposted from Resource Media April 25, 2016 The Duwamish is Seattle’s only real river. It is also the city’s only Superfund site, and it’s a doozy, a complex mishmash of contaminated mud and sediment from years as Seattle’s main industrial artery. People live along the Duwamish, lots of people. 60… [ Keep reading ]