Sightline Author

Eric de Place

Eric de Place: Policy director, has investigated a wide range of research topics for Sightline, from property rights in Oregon, to regional climate policies. Before coming to Sightline, he worked for the Northwest Area Foundation developing strategies to alleviate poverty in rural communities. Email: eric [at] sightline [dot] org.

Eric's Posts

Do I Need Another Drink?

Only 97 percent of doctors say I have a drinking problem.

Northwest Fossil Fuel Exports: New Sightline Report for Canada

What BC's election means for coal, oil, and gas plans.

Industry Pollution Expert Calls for Comprehensive Review of Coal Transport Along Railways

Toxicologist statement is huge blow to coal export backers.

What Closing Big Oil’s Tax Loophole Could Do For Kids

How the accidental tax loophole could pay for education.

Kinder Morgan’s Coal Export Scheme Bites the Dust

Company abandons coal terminal planned for Oregon.

Recent Coal Export Trends: Q4 2012

Exports fall nationally, rise in the West.

WA House Closes the Accidental Tax Loophole

State close to shifting $41 million from big oil to kids.

The End of Mandatory White Pages

A Sightline win: Washington makes sustainability legal.

The Accidental Tax Loophole Gets a Hearing

Big Oil tries to stall closure of its tax loophole.

The Northern Cheyenne Weigh In On Coal Exports

Tribes speak out on Otter Creek Mine.