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Reporting on the past, present and future of the environment in the Northwest.

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Coming Soon: “Getting to Zero: Decarbonizing Cascadia” #GtZ

A yearlong reporting initiative launched in January 2021, this series explores the path to low-carbon…
InvestigateWest
InvestigateWestJanuary 7, 2021
ClimateEnvironmentGovernment

Outdated sewage treatment is suffocating fish in Puget Sound

Inadequately treated human waste from 79 sewage treatment plants is an important and growing cause…
Allegra Abramo
Allegra AbramoDecember 7, 2020
ClimateEnvironmentGovernmentInvestigative Reports

Trump administration buries dozens of clean energy studies

The Trump administration has bottled up at least 46 studies by government energy researchers detailing…
Peter Fairley
Peter FairleyOctober 26, 2020
ClimateEnvironmentSmoky Skies Altered LivesWildfires

With nearly 1 million homes at risk, Washington is losing the wildfire fight

In Washington state, nearly 1 million homes sit near forests threatened by seasonal wildfires. And…
Levi Pulkkinen
Levi PulkkinenOctober 19, 2020
ClimateEnvironmentSmoky Skies Altered LivesWildfires

Farmworkers forced to put harvest over health during wildfires

As wildfires increasingly become the norm, farmworkers work in hazardous smoke conditions up and down…
Mara Kardas-Nelson
Mara Kardas-NelsonOctober 6, 2020
ClimateEnvironmentGovernmentInvestigative Reports

Who Killed the Supergrid? Trump appointees short-circuited grid modernization to help the coal industry

In 2018, Trump appointees short-circuited U.S. grid modernization to help the coal industry by suppressing…
Peter Fairley
Peter FairleyAugust 20, 2020
ClimateCOVID-19EnvironmentHealthWildfires

As COVID-19 upends wildland firefighting, Pacific Northwest forests poised for conflagration

With nearly triple the usual number of wildfires this year, Washington and Oregon are set…
Levi Pulkkinen
Levi PulkkinenJune 1, 2020
ClimateCOVID-19Environment

Coronavirus threatens response to wildfires; firefighter camps ‘ideal’ to spread disease

Coronavirus could seriously hamper Washington's ability to fight wildfires as agencies focus on organizing a…
Katherine Long
Katherine LongMarch 27, 2020
ClimateEnvironment

“Comprehensive failure” on climate by 2020 WA Legislature

The 2020 Washington Legislature made it official state policy to reduce production of planet-warming gases…
Katherine Long
Katherine LongMarch 25, 2020
Environment

Electric cars get a boost in Olympia but broader climate-rescue legislation withers

In the Washington Legislature, some of the most ambitious efforts to pass legislation this year…
Katherine Long
Katherine LongMarch 9, 2020
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