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'Shameless Capitulation to Amazon': Seattle Lawmakers Repeal Tax Aimed at Tackling Homelessness

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Last Year, Amazon Paid No Federal Income Taxes. Now, It's Trying to Kill a Local Tax That Aims to Help the Homeless

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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"This is what corporate power and oligarchy is all about," says Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)

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As Larger Battle Rages, Washington Enacts First State Law to Protect Net Neutrality

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee

"Momentum is building from coast to coast to #SaveTheInternet. Now we need the...

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Demanding 'Bold Climate Action,' Youth Rally in Washington State Capitol

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

"We need bold legislation that actually puts us on the track to 350ppm and...

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For Failing to Act on Climate Crisis, 13 Young Plaintiffs Just Sued the State of Washington

As More Americans Rely on Charity to Pay Medical Bills, Local Seattle News Station Buys and Forgives $1 Million of Debt

'Out of Time': Activists Storm State Capitol to Launch "Climate Countdown"

Emergency Declared After Tunnel Collapse at Toxic Hanford Nuke Site

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman

Trump Administration Slapped With Lawsuits Over Blocked Energy Efficiency Standards

More States Sue to Block Trump's "Muslim Ban By Another Name"

#FreeDaniel

#FreeDaniel: Community United in Outrage After ICE Detains 'Dreamer' With No Criminal Record

Listen Live as Trump's Travel Ban Gets Eviscerated in Court

Legal Battle Over Trump Ban Could Be Headed To US Supreme Court

Facing Decades in Prison, Climate Activist Says We Have 'No Choice But Direct Action'

On Verge of Trump Era, GOP Pushes New Laws to 'Chill Protest' Nationwide

Transgender Community Faces 'Attacks on Humanity' in Six More States

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Greenpeace

Greenpeace Calls on other Pacific Coast Elected Officials to Follow Inslee’s Example

Amnesty International - USA

Washington State Passes Law Addressing Lethal Force by Police

Food & Water Watch

Washington State Shouldn’t Replicate British Columbia’s Failed Carbon Tax Experiment

Earthjustice

Amidst Broad Community Opposition, Shell Anacortes Drops Plans for New Crude Oil-by-Rail

Sierra Club

ICYMI: Shell Accepts Defeat of Oil Train Facility Proposal

Earthjustice

Vancouver City Council Votes Unanimously to Prohibit Future Oil Projects

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Gabe Mandell

No Giving Thanks On Carbon Emissions: ‘Business as Usual’ Strategy Literally Doesn’t Cut It

Naomi Klein

The Carbon Tax on the Ballot in Washington State Is Not the Right Way to Deal With Global Warming

Ellicott Dandy

Why A “Revenue-Neutral” Carbon Tax Could Hurt – Not Help – the Planet

Jill Mangaliman

Why Washington State's Carbon Tax Measure Is a False Promise for Climate Justice

Noah Greenwald

Taking A Stand For Washington's Wolves

Stephen Miller

If It Hadn’t Been for Those Meddling Climate Kids

Diane Ravitch

Washington State: Charter School Backers Want to Oust Judge Who Authored Anti-Charter Decision

Gabe Mandell

Emissions Limits Will Test Gov. Inslee's 'Greenest Gov.' Claim

Mary Anne Hitt

Army Corps Denies Permits for Biggest Proposed Coal Export Terminal in North America

Jim Naureckas

No, CNN, the States Sanders Won This Weekend Weren’t ‘Largely White and Rural’

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