Below is the latest Local 20/20 column in the Port Townsend Leader. Thank you, PT Leader!
By Cindy Jayne
Last week my husband and I had the opportunity to try out Jefferson Transit’s new #14 Kingston Express bus service. This service is an express bus from Port Townsend to the ferry terminal in Kingston which provides access to both the … Read the rest
A variety of organizations across Jefferson County are partnering together to organize a Car Free Day on June 1, 2022, where students, employees and others will leave their car at home, or drive less, and use alternative ways to get to school, work or run errands, and can win prizes by doing so!
Learn more at l2020.org/carfreeday.org
If … Read the rest
How green are we when we recycle? Why is Jefferson County different than most in Washington? Changes are afoot! Bring ideas, answers, and suggestions as we ponder this issue and look at all those R’s: rethink, refuse, repair, reuse, refill, repurpose, rot (compost!) and finally recycle. Ideas will be posted on the Local 20/20 website!
FinnRiver Cidery is providing us … Read the rest
The Local 20/20 King Tide team documented the tides and water levels on 10/25/21. The event was selected based on the predicted storm surge and strong winds during a time of moderately high tide. Since the winds had largely subsided and the remaining waves were in the 1′ range, the wave runup appeared to be only about 0.1′. With that … Read the rest
Here is Local 20/20’s latest column in the 10/27/21 Port Townsend Leader. Thank you PT Leader!
It’s Prime Time for EVs
By Cyndy Bratz
Jefferson County’s 2018 Greenhouse Gas Inventory indicates that transportation accounts for 66% of our greenhouse gas emissions. This might be your best excuse yet for buying the most responsive (fast), fun vehicle you’ve ever … Read the rest
Here is Local 20/20’s latest column in the Port Townsend Leader. Thank you PT Leader!
Key Takeaways from the Recent Climate Change Report
By Laura Tucker
The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) recently published their 6th report on climate change. Thousands of scientists worldwide have been reviewing climate data since the previous report in 2014. As you … Read the rest
The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) recently published their 6th report on climate change. Thousands of scientists worldwide have been reviewing climate data since the previous report in 2014. As you might expect from reading the headlines, the news is not good. You are invited to attend the next “Climate on Tap” on Wednesday, October 6th… Read the rest
Find out what our local Taming Bigfoot teams learned in our recent carbon footprint reduction competition. We’ll compare our COVID-era competition with the one held in 2016. Fascinating results! We’ll take a look beyond what we can do as individuals and see how we can make a difference on a local, state, national, and global level. Each Climate on Tap… Read the rest
In this video, Ian Miller, Coastal Hazards Specialist, Washington Sea Grant, highlights unique findings of Local 20/20 volunteers monitoring King Tides. As an aide to visualize potential localized effects of Sea Level Rise, Washington Sea Grant archives shoreline photos taken by volunteers during predicted King Tide events. Supported by Local 20/20, a local group photo-documenting King Tides noticed water … Read the rest
Here is Local 20/20’s regular Resilience Review column in the Port Townsend Leader. Thank you, PT Leader!
Weighing in on the Jefferson Transit Long Range Plan
By David Thielk
The 2018 greenhouse gas emission inventory for Jefferson County attributes 66% of all in-county greenhouse gas (or carbon, for short) emissions to transportation. The vast majority of these are from passenger … Read the rest