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Kendra Chamberlain
By Kendra Chamberlain In Environment

Fish pay the price for failed water management

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Peter Fairley
By Peter Fairley In Decarbonizing Cascadia

A stronger electricity grid is crucial to cutting carbon. Does that make it green?

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InvestigateWest
By InvestigateWest In Foster Care

Washington agrees to end foster youth placements in hotels, offices and cars

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Joy Borkholder
By Joy Borkholder In Child Care

Crisis in child care

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Three people in high-visibility vests and bright orange hard hats pull plants from the ground in a forest.Decarbonizing CascadiaEnvironment

10 jobs that will help shape a zero-emissions future

An economy based on healing the climate could spawn new livelihoods across Cascadia.   By…
Michelle Gamage
Michelle GamageJune 16, 2021
Newsroom

Celebrating INVW wins at the 2020 SPJ awards

Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes We are thrilled that InvestigateWest has won five awards in…
Braela Kwan
Braela KwanJune 15, 2021
Decarbonizing CascadiaEnvironmentGovernment

At the Duwamish longhouse, a law is signed requiring environmental justice from state agencies

By Jack Russillo/South Seattle Emerald This story is contributed by The South Seattle Emerald, a…
InvestigateWest
InvestigateWestJune 2, 2021
A hand next to crushed acorn seeds.Decarbonizing Cascadia

Seed the North: Fighting Climate Change, One Sprout at a Time

Can an innovative approach to reforestation take root in British Columbia? This report is contributed…
Amanda Follett Hosgood
Amanda Follett HosgoodMay 12, 2021
A photo taken from a balcony in a lawmaking chamber.Decarbonizing Cascadia

Can Oregon Democrats learn from B.C.’s conservative-backed carbon tax?

After two years of defeat in Salem, carbon pricing still lacks support from business and…
Erik Neumann
Erik NeumannMay 10, 2021
Smoke stacks in a smoggy sky.EnvironmentGovernment

Behold Washington’s ‘new beginning’ in its fight against climate change

As the dust settles in Olympia, the state finally has embraced cap and trade, electric…
Levi Pulkkinen
Levi PulkkinenMay 3, 2021
Decarbonizing Cascadia

Using hydrogen to back up the grid

In the spring when snow melts and Cascadia’s rivers surge, hydropower producers are often forced…
Peter Fairley
Peter FairleyApril 23, 2021
Decarbonizing Cascadia

Cleaning Up What Can’t Plug In

Cascadia needs cleaner fuels to start decarbonizing heavy vehicles and industry. That means pushing biofuels…
Peter Fairley
Peter FairleyApril 23, 2021
Newsroom

Neal Pattison named InvestigateWest Interim Executive Editor

Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute Neal Pattison has been named interim executive editor of…
InvestigateWest
InvestigateWestApril 20, 2021
EnvironmentWildfires

Hundreds of firefighters. 20 bulldozers. Intentional burns: Inside Washington’s $328M push to break cycle of disastrous fires

Legislature unites in support of massive cash infusion to step up firefighting, improve forests and…
Levi Pulkkinen
Levi PulkkinenApril 16, 2021
Decarbonizing Cascadia

Why Renewable Electricity Powers Decarbonization — and Pays Off

Plugging in more stuff can slash Cascadia’s climate-warming emissions at modest cost. But that means…
Peter Fairley
Peter FairleyApril 14, 2021
Newsroom

InvestigateWest selected as member of national Covering Climate Collaborative

Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes InvestigateWest has been invited to become a member of Local…
InvestigateWest
InvestigateWestApril 14, 2021
Government

After a turbulent year, Washington state poised to ban guns at protests, Capitol grounds

Despite gun-rights opposition, lawmakers in Olympia are working to deter ad hoc ‘patrols’ and armed…
Levi Pulkkinen
Levi PulkkinenApril 12, 2021
Foster Care

Washington lawmakers look to keep families together as part of foster care reform

Poverty, disability, homelessness wouldn't qualify as sole reason to take kids away With tears in…
Allegra Abramo
Allegra AbramoApril 9, 2021
Newsroom

Good News Thursday: Reva & David Logan Foundation Awards $80,000 Grant to InvestigateWest

InvestigateWest is the recipient of a new $80,000 grant from Chicago-based family foundation The Reva…
InvestigateWest
InvestigateWestApril 8, 2021
Environment

Washington’s environmental laws don’t protect communities of color. Will the Legislature fix that?

With strong mandates stripped out, landmark environmental justice legislation approaches passage After decades of inaction…
Levi Pulkkinen
Levi PulkkinenApril 2, 2021

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  • Fish pay the price for failed water management July 30, 2021
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  • Washington agrees to end foster youth placements in hotels, offices and cars June 28, 2021
  • Crisis in child care June 23, 2021
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