The Cascadia Advocate is written by the staff, board, and contributors of the Northwest Progressive Institute, a regionally focused nonprofit working from Washington, Oregon, & Idaho to constructively transform our world through insightful research and imaginative advocacy.
NPI was founded in August 2003 and is based in Redmond, Washington.
| Excerpt: | The implementation of Council Bill 120207 will make the tree care industry in Seattle more accountable and its collective conduct more transparent to residents. |
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| Published at: | 5:46 PM on Tuesday, March 29th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Legislative Advocacy, Our Environment |
| Other Tags: | Conservation |
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| Excerpt: | Respondents to NPI's October 2021 general election survey of the Seattle electorate are in strong agreement that the city should update its tree ordinance to strengthen tree protection policies, with more than seven in ten voters backing a majority of ideas tested. |
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| Published at: | 10:30 AM on Monday, December 20th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Our Environment |
| Other Tags: | Conservation, Research Poll Findings, WA-Cities |
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| Excerpt: | In July of 2021, we teamed up with TreePAC to investigate support for a a range of sensible ideas for creating policy tools to protect trees. Majorities of over 75% and 80% endorsed every single one of our ideas. |
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| Published at: | 10:30 AM on Wednesday, September 15th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Our Environment |
| Other Tags: | Conservation, Research Poll Findings |
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| Excerpt: | Earth Day, one of our favorite days of activism, has turned fifty. Here are some great articles you can read and videos you can watch to commemorate the occasion. |
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| Published at: | 10:00 PM on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020 |
| Written by: | Rich Erwin |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Holidays, Our Environment |
| Other Tags: | Climate Crisis, Conservation, Earth Day, Pollution |
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| Excerpt: | Vermont's junior United States Senator is thinking big about what we need to do to bring emissions under control and save the Earth, our common home. |
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| Published at: | 9:15 AM on Friday, August 23rd, 2019 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Our Environment |
| Other Tags: | Climate Crisis, Conservation, Energy & Power |
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