A so-called Vision Zero city, Seattle has a lofty goal of eliminating traffic fatalities and serious injuries. The city has averaged about 20 deaths a year over the past decade.
During a decade when the region’s governments flouted their carbon emissions goals, activists who came together to stop exports surpassed their wildest expectations.
Ardagh Group’s glass recycling plant is located near two Seattle neighborhoods where residents live sicker and die younger than in other areas in the city.