The Cascadia Advocate is written by the staff, board, and contributors of the Northwest Progressive Institute, a netroots powered strategy center working to raise America's quality of life through insightful research and imaginative advocacy.
NPI was founded in August 2003 and is based in Redmond, Washington.
| Excerpt: | Governor Jay Inslee has signed a bill to ban fracking in Washington and dropped his support for two dirty gas projects, further burnishing his green credentials. |
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| Published at: | 12:14 PM on Thursday, May 9th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Our Environment |
| Other Tags: | Energy & Power |
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| Excerpt: | Founding NPI boardmember Gael Tarleton led the way in making Washington's new one hundred percent clean electricity bill a reality. Read her bill signing remarks. |
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| Published at: | 1:14 PM on Wednesday, May 8th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Gael Tarleton |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Our Environment |
| Other Tags: | Energy & Power, Pollution |
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| Excerpt: | Caring for the Earth, our common home, is a value people across Cascadia share. The State of Washington has affirmed that value by committing itself to a one hundred percent clean electric grid by 2045. |
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| Published at: | 6:16 PM on Tuesday, May 7th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Our Environment |
| Other Tags: | Conservation, Energy & Power |
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| Excerpt: | The 2019 Washington State legislative session has adjourned Sine Die. Read NPI's recap of the session. |
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| Published at: | 12:55 AM on Monday, April 29th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Healthcare, Legislative Advocacy, Our Environment |
| Other Tags: | Budgeting, Conservation, Energy & Power, Fiscal Responsibility, Insurance & Coverage, Nondiscrimination, Pollution |
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| Excerpt: | We've just taken another step towards a future where we meet our energy needs more sustainably and responsibly than we have for the past few centuries. |
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| Published at: | 8:31 PM on Monday, April 22nd, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Our Environment |
| Other Tags: | Energy & Power, Pollution |
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| Excerpt: | Our own Governor Jay Inslee has officially joined the 2020 Democratic presidential field. |
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| Published at: | 11:29 AM on Friday, March 1st, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Our Environment |
| Other Tags: | US-Pres |
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| Excerpt: | Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, could soon be banned in Washington State if a bill approved by the Senate on February 13th, 2019 becomes law. |
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| Published at: | 12:53 PM on Wednesday, February 13th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Our Environment |
| Other Tags: | Conservation, Energy & Power |
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| Excerpt: | Since I-1631 is unfortunately not going to become law in December, we need to get to work developing a new climate action plan, pronto. |
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| Published at: | 6:37 PM on Wednesday, November 7th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Our Environment |
| Other Tags: | Conservation, Energy & Power, Pollution, WA-Ballot |
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| Excerpt: | It's time to act on climate! Read Gael Tarleton's speech thanking the Washington Conservation Voters for recognizing her as their Legislator of the Year and calling for passage of I-1631. |
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| Published at: | 10:23 AM on Friday, October 12th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Gael Tarleton |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Our Environment |
| Other Tags: | Conservation, Energy & Power, Pollution |
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| Excerpt: | VICTORY! A Canadian court has dealt a MASSIVE blow to the TransMountain oil pipeline that Justin Trudeau wants to build to pump oil out of Alberta to B.C.'s coast. The pipeline may not be built now. Learn about this huge win for indigenous peoples, climate justice, and our orcas. |
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| Published at: | 1:12 PM on Thursday, August 30th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Our Environment |
| Other Tags: | Energy & Power, Pollution |
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| Excerpt: | Read NPI's review of Al Gore's 2017 documentary, which continues the story of his fight to combat the climate crisis and protect the Earth, our common home. |
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| Published at: | 7:12 AM on Monday, December 4th, 2017 |
| Written by: | Theresa Curry Almuti |
| Categories: | Media & Culture, Our Environment, Views & Reviews |
| Other Tags: | Film |
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| Excerpt: | Democrats still get into arguments about the merits (or lack thereof) of Hillary Clinton’s and Bernie Sanders’ candidacies for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination. It’s why many of us on the left continue, inexorably, viewing contemporary events as a chance to re-litigate that contest and who was right. To say that Bernie Sanders: Guide to […] |
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| Published at: | 2:12 PM on Sunday, October 29th, 2017 |
| Written by: | David A Johnson |
| Categories: | Media & Culture, Views & Reviews |
| Other Tags: | Books, Criminal Justice, Reproductive Rights |
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| Excerpt: | Nearly three in five Washington voters agree it’s time for the state to put a price on pollution to fund a socially responsible transition to clean energy, according to a survey conducted last month by Public Policy Polling for NPI. 59% of likely 2018 voters surveyed agree that Washington State should reduce emissions of air pollutants […] |
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| Published at: | 1:50 PM on Friday, July 21st, 2017 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Legislative Advocacy, Our Environment |
| Other Tags: | Budgeting, Energy & Power, Fiscal Responsibility, Research Poll Findings |
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| Excerpt: | After less than a week, the Alliance has member states representing an estimated 102,169,711 Americans (including Puerto Rico) and 36% of total U.S. GDP (not counting Puerto Rico). |
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| Published at: | 7:53 AM on Tuesday, June 6th, 2017 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Our Environment |
| Other Tags: | Energy & Power |
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