Overflowing Idaho prisons are sending women with good behavior to ‘the hole’
Incarceration rates are rising, and inmates say they’re being punished for the state’s failures to manage prison capacity
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Can a court victory provide refuge for foster youth?
Those on both sides of a federal lawsuit see daunting obstacles to providing safer, healthier places for kids to spend their nights.
Fish pay the price for failed water management
Time ran out on efforts to cooperate in the Klamath Basin — and it’s now running out for two species of suckers.
A stronger electricity grid is crucial to cutting carbon. Does that make it green?
Three viewpoints: A proposal to lay cables beneath the Columbia River is met with skepticism from an Indigenous activist and the river’s advocates.
Washington agrees to end foster youth placements in hotels, offices and cars
The state has until Nov. 1 to implement an alternative plan to house foster youth.
10 jobs that will help shape a zero-emissions future
An economy based on healing the climate could spawn new livelihoods across Cascadia.
Celebrating INVW wins at the 2020 SPJ awards
We are thrilled that InvestigateWest has won five awards in the regional NW Excellence in Journalism awards contest, organized by the Society of Professional Journalists Western Washington chapter.
Seed the North: Fighting Climate Change, One Sprout at a Time
Can an innovative approach to reforestation take root in British Columbia?
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 rural interests.
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 cars and environmental justice.
Cleaning Up What Can't Plug In
Cascadia needs cleaner fuels to start decarbonizing heavy vehicles and industry. That means pushing biofuels to the max, and more.