Three viewpoints: A proposal to lay cables beneath the Columbia River is met with skepticism…
Peter FairleyJuly 21, 2021
For parents and providers, the dollars just don’t make sense. Despite multiple challenges, single mother…
Joy BorkholderJune 23, 2021
An economy based on healing the climate could spawn new livelihoods across Cascadia. By…
Michelle GamageJune 16, 2021
Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes We are thrilled that InvestigateWest has won five awards in…
Braela KwanJune 15, 2021
By Jack Russillo/South Seattle Emerald This story is contributed by The South Seattle Emerald, a…
InvestigateWestJune 2, 2021
Can an innovative approach to reforestation take root in British Columbia? This report is contributed…
Amanda Follett HosgoodMay 12, 2021
After two years of defeat in Salem, carbon pricing still lacks support from business and…
Erik NeumannMay 10, 2021
As the dust settles in Olympia, the state finally has embraced cap and trade, electric…
Levi PulkkinenMay 3, 2021
In the spring when snow melts and Cascadia’s rivers surge, hydropower producers are often forced…
Peter FairleyApril 23, 2021
Cascadia needs cleaner fuels to start decarbonizing heavy vehicles and industry. That means pushing biofuels…
Peter FairleyApril 23, 2021
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute Neal Pattison has been named interim executive editor of…
InvestigateWestApril 20, 2021
Legislature unites in support of massive cash infusion to step up firefighting, improve forests and…
Levi PulkkinenApril 16, 2021
Plugging in more stuff can slash Cascadia’s climate-warming emissions at modest cost. But that means…
Peter FairleyApril 14, 2021
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes InvestigateWest has been invited to become a member of Local…
InvestigateWestApril 14, 2021
Despite gun-rights opposition, lawmakers in Olympia are working to deter ad hoc ‘patrols’ and armed…
Levi PulkkinenApril 12, 2021
Poverty, disability, homelessness wouldn't qualify as sole reason to take kids away With tears in…
Allegra AbramoApril 9, 2021
InvestigateWest is the recipient of a new $80,000 grant from Chicago-based family foundation The Reva…
InvestigateWestApril 8, 2021
With strong mandates stripped out, landmark environmental justice legislation approaches passage After decades of inaction…
Levi PulkkinenApril 2, 2021
'Inside-the-home transmission is what has been killing so many older people of color' Nursing home…
InvestigateWestApril 1, 2021
Legislation would ensure doctors at Catholic hospitals could offer medically necessary abortions when emergencies arise…
Levi PulkkinenMarch 26, 2021
For third time, lawmakers hope to restrict greenhouse gases escaping tailpipes The annual push in…
Levi PulkkinenMarch 19, 2021
Competing efforts to enact landmark climate-change legislation have fractured the state’s environmental coalition and Olympia’s…
Levi PulkkinenMarch 12, 2021
While most protests against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion are happening on the land, the…
Braela KwanMarch 10, 2021
Estimated Reading Time: 14 minutes A network of eco-activists, local governments, economists and lawyers are…
Braela KwanMarch 10, 2021
Responding to federal inaction on pharmaceutical costs, lawmakers appear poised to give state broad authority…
Levi PulkkinenMarch 5, 2021
The heavy wind woke Niria Garcia about 5 a.m. It whipped against her home,…
Iris M. CrawfordMarch 3, 2021
As part of the yearlong reporting project “Getting to Zero: Decarbonizing Cascadia,”…
Peter FairleyFebruary 24, 2021
Mapping programs in Cascadia show how inequities extend to climate, pollution risks At least…
Peter FairleyFebruary 24, 2021
Estimated Reading Time: 10 minutes Since mid-January, Washington legislators have put forward dozens of bills…
Levi PulkkinenFebruary 19, 2021
